Table of records from a stored procedure

Question

Hi
Where could I find an example or documentation about how to retrive a table of records from a Stored Procedure ??
Thanks

Answer 1

Try:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE scott.MYRECORDTYPE as object
(a int, b varchar2(40), c date, d number(10));
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE scott.MYTABLETYPE is table of myrecordtype;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY scott.MYPACKAGE
as
type number_collection is table of number(38) index by binary_integer;
type varchar2_collection is table of varchar2(4000) index by binary_integer;
type date_collection is table of date index by binary_integer;
g_data myTableType;
empno_col number_collection;
ename_col varchar2_collection;
hiredate_col date_collection;
mgr_col number_collection;
function my_function return myTableType
is
begin
select empno, ename, hiredate, mgr
bulk collect into empno_col, ename_col, hiredate_col, mgr_col
from emp
order by empno; -- Get some data
g_data := myTableType(); -- Initialize
for i in empno_col.first .. empno_col.last loop
g_data.extend; -- Write something in the array
g_data(i) := myRecordtype(empno_col(i), ename_col(i), hiredate_col(i), mgr_col(i));
end loop;
return g_data;
end;
end;
-- Demonstration-View
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW scott.myview
AS
select a,b,c,d
from table(cast(myPackage.my_function() as mytabletype));