Striping a string in plsql (IMP)

Question

I am gettng a string like this as a parameter in Oracle procedure
record=100;doll_val=2000.10;quantity=50;
and I have strip the information like this
record
100
doll_val
2000.10
quantity
50
I am trying to use Substr and instr function but it is getting very lengthy. Any suggestions.

Answer 1

This might be of use. It a modified version of what we used.
declare
  v_param    varchar2(4000):= 'record=100;doll_val=2000.10;quantity=50;' ;
  v_newparam varchar2(4000);
  v_pos      number:=0;
  v_start    number:=1;
  TYPE REF_DESC is TABLE of varchar2(200) index by binary_integer ;
  REF_DATA    REF_DESC ;
  i           number:=1;
begin
  v_newparam := replace( replace( v_param, '=' , chr(10) ) , ';' , chr(10) ) ;
  v_pos := instr( v_newparam , chr(10) ) ;
  while v_pos <> 0 LOOP
      ref_data(I) := substr( v_newparam, v_start, v_pos-1) ;
      I := I + 1;
      v_newparam := substr(v_newparam,v_pos+1 ) ;
      v_pos := instr( v_newparam , chr(10) ) ;
  end LOOP;
  I := I-1;
  for j in 1..REF_DATA.last loop
--  Here you could assign the values to 'columns'
--  I have the dbms_output just to show how the values are split
    dbms_output.put_line(REF_DATA(j) );
  end loop;
end;
/Results:
record
100
doll_val
2000.10
quantity
50