Why do cursors use different SQL?

Question

Hi,
I'm havin a problem writing a cursor that returns a field when an item is found in a nested table. Well, the problem is referencing the nested table.
Where as
select f.name from objtab_fleet f,
table(f.vehicles) fv
where fv.vehicle.registration = 'G66 XYX'
works fine in SQL Plus,
When the following cursor is in a stored procedure I get the error below it!!
CURSOR qry IS
select f.name from objtab_fleet f,
table(f.vehicles) fv
where fv.vehicle.registration = 'G66 XYX'
(obviously 'G66 XYX' is passed is as a parameter)
LINE/COL ERROR
4/4 PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
4/13 PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is
incomplete or malformed
5/28 PLS-00201: identifier 'F.VEHICLES' must be declared
12/3 PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
Can anybody Help me find the right syntax?
Thanks,
Ian

Answer 1

for the interested the syntaxt necessary is
CURSOR qry IS
SELECT name FROM objtab_fleet f
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT fv.vehicle.registration
FROM TABLE( f.vehicles ) fv
WHERE fv.vehicle.registration = v_in ) ;No idea why you have to do child set membership queries differently in procedures, but there you go.