Would PL/SQL Associative Arrays solve my problem

Hi guys,
I'm new to PL/SQL development really, although i have some limited knowledge that i've relied on for the last couple of years to get by. Anyway, i'll try my best to describe my problem and how i'd like to solution it ...........
I have a table of information that holds a column for decscriptive names of payments and another column holding a difference value, for example :
employee_number | payment_name | difference
00001           | salary       | 200.20
00001           | shift        | 20.21
00002           | salary       | 10.01
00002           | shift        | 5.02
00003           | salary       | 15.02
00003           | shift        | 4.00I'd like to manipulate the way this data is presented, via DBMS_OUTPUT in a summary fashion counting the number of differences between ranges, for example :
payment_name | 0.00 to 10.00 | 10.01 to 100.00 | 100.01 to 99999.99
salary       |               | 2               | 1
shift        | 2             | 1               |I thought it might be possible to use an approach in PL/SQL to mimic this table structure and populate it via a cursor looping through my initial recordset and posting the total count in the associated columns as required. Once the cursor had finished populating the PL/SQL table / array etc i could base my DBMS_OUTPUT on this data.
Or am i completely barking up the wrong tree, would there be a better, more efficient way to solution the problem. I've been reading up on PL/SQL Collections http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96624/05_colls.htm#19661 but can't really determine is this is a) the correct approach or b) should i try using an associative array, nested table or varray?
Thanks in advance guys, just need a pointer in the right direction.

It sounds like you can just pivot the data
SELECT payment_name,
       SUM( CASE WHEN difference BETWEEN 0 and 10 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) "0.00 to 10.00",
       SUM( CASE WHEN difference BETWEEN 10.01 and 100 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) "10.01 to 100.00",
       SUM( CASE WHEN difference BETWEEN 100.01 and 99999.99 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) "100.01 to 99999.99"
FROM table_name
GROUP BY payment_nameYou can then do whatever you want with the data this query returns.
Justin

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I just updated my latest java but the update is causing problems with some externale devices. So i would like to uninstall this latest java update and get back the previous one. That should solve to problems with my external device

i just updated my latest java but the update is causing problems with some external devices. So i would like to uninstall this latest java update and get back the previous one. That should solve to problems with my external device.
Is this possible and how do i do that?
Anyone who responds thanks for that!
Juko
I am running
Hardware Overview:
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Processor Name:          Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          2,66 GHz
Number of Processors:          2
Total Number of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per Processor):          4 MB
Memory:          6 GB
Bus Speed:          1,33 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MP11.005D.B00
SMC Version (system):          1.7f10
Serial Number (system):          CK7XXXXXXGP
Hardware UUID:          00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F20F82F0
System Software Overview:
System Version:          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Kernel Version:          Darwin 11.4.2
Boot Volume:          Macintosh HD(2)
Boot Mode:          Normal
Computer Name:          Mac Pro van Juko de Vries
User Name:          Juko de Vries (jukodevries)
Secure Virtual Memory:          Enabled
64-bit Kernel and Extensions:          No
Time since boot:          11 days 20:39
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Java 6 you can't as Apple maintains it, and Java 7 you could if you uninstall it and Oracle provides the earlier version which they likely won't his last update fixed 37 remote exploits.
Java broken some software here and there, all you'll have to do is wait for a update from the other parties.

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