Storing the values from a procedure - help required

Question

Hi All,
I am having a package which consists of two procedures.
Both the procedures need to calculate 6 averages of some of my fields based on unique number.
(These two procedures process different unique numbers).
Now, as same code is implemented in the two procedures for calculation,
I want to move the logic into another procedure/function, with IN parameter as the unique number.
Now how can I get these 6 values from the procedure.
If I use OUT parameters, how can I get the values inside the procedure.
Please suggest me a solution.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Raghunadh

Answer 1

Example of pipelined function...
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myrec AS OBJECT
  2  ( col1   VARCHAR2(10),
  3    col2   VARCHAR2(10)
  4  )
  5  /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myrectable AS TABLE OF myrec
  2  /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pipedata(p_str IN VARCHAR2) RETURN myrectable PIPELINED IS
  2    v_str VARCHAR2(4000) := REPLACE(REPLACE(p_str, '('),')');
  3    v_obj myrec := myrec(NULL,NULL);
  4  BEGIN
  5    LOOP
  6      EXIT WHEN v_str IS NULL;
  7      v_obj.col1 := SUBSTR(v_str,1,INSTR(v_str,',')-1);
  8      v_str := SUBSTR(v_str,INSTR(v_str,',')+1);
  9      IF INSTR(v_str,',')>0 THEN
10        v_obj.col2 := SUBSTR(v_str,1,INSTR(v_str,',')-1);
11        v_str := SUBSTR(v_str,INSTR(v_str,',')+1);
12      ELSE
13        v_obj.col2 := v_str;
14        v_str := NULL;
15      END IF;
16      PIPE ROW (v_obj);
17    END LOOP;
18    RETURN;
19  END;
20  /
Function created.
SQL>
SQL> create table mytab (col1 varchar2(10), col2 varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into mytab (col1, col2) select col1, col2 from table(pipedata('(1,2),(2,3),(4,5)'));
3 rows created.
SQL>
SQL> select * from mytab;
COL1       COL2
1          2
2          3
4          5Although I'm not sure you necessarily need to do it this way. Could you show us the code you are using and more details of what you are trying to do?