With Clause in a function

Question

Hi All,
I'm using oracle 10gr2.
I have a sql query which starts with a "WITH Clause".... Can is use this directly in a function?
I tried copy pasting in the new function after the BEGIN.....but it errors out saying INTO clause expected in select...when I try including INTO clause...it gives different error...
Appreciate your sugessions
Thanks in advance
H

Answer 1

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pls put an additional select ,as shown below
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Why???
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION with_test (p_empNo NUMBER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
l_eName VARCHAR2(10);
  BEGIN
    WITH l_empTab AS
     SELECT *
     FROM   emp
    SELECT ename
    INTO   l_eName
    FROM   l_empTab
    WHERE  empno = p_empNo;
    RETURN l_eName;
  END;
SELECT with_test(7369) ename
FROM   dual;    Cheers
Ben