首先要了解一下什么是集合collections。
一共有三种集合 :
1)联合数组 (index_by表)。
类似问题于C语言的数组,声明后可以不用立即赋值,下标可以无序
type type_name is table of table_name.column_name%type index by binary_integer;
取单个元素type_name(index)
2)嵌套表 。
声明数组后,如果没有立即给予赋值,那么这个集合将是自动初始化为null,而且是只读型的。
type type_name is table of table_name.column_name%type ( 与联合数组的区别是,是否包含有:index by binary_integer)
3)可变数组
type type_name is varray (MAX_SIZE) of element_type
bulk collect可以将查询结果一次性地加载到collections中,而不必通过cursor一条一条地处理。
注意在使用bulk collect时,所有的into变量都必须是collections.
例如:select into,fetch into,returning into语句使用bulk collect。
网上找来的几个简单的例子:
---------------在select into语句中使用bulk collect
DECLARE
TYPE SalList IS TABLE OF emp.sal%TYPE;
sals SalList;
BEGIN
-- Limit the number of rows to 100.
SELECT sal BULK COLLECT INTO sals FROM emp
WHERE ROWNUM <= 100;
-- Retrieve 10% (approximately) of the rows in the table.
SELECT sal BULK COLLECT INTO sals FROM emp SAMPLE 10;
END;
/
------------------在fetch into中使用bulk collect
DECLARE
TYPE DeptRecTab IS TABLE OF dept%ROWTYPE;
dept_recs DeptRecTab;
CURSOR c1 IS
SELECT deptno, dname, loc FROM dept WHERE deptno > 10;
BEGIN
OPEN c1;
FETCH c1 BULK COLLECT INTO dept_recs;
END;
/
----------------------在returning into中使用bulk collect
CREATE TABLE emp2 AS SELECT * FROM employees;
DECLARE
TYPE NumList IS TABLE OF employees.employee_id%TYPE;
enums NumList;
TYPE NameList IS TABLE OF employees.last_name%TYPE;
names NameList;
BEGIN
DELETE FROM emp2 WHERE department_id = 30
RETURNING employee_id, last_name BULK COLLECT INTO enums, names;
dbms_output.put_line('Deleted ' || SQL%ROWCOUNT || ' rows:');
FOR i IN enums.FIRST .. enums.LAST
LOOP
dbms_output.put_line('Employee #' || enums(i) || ': ' || names(i));
END LOOP