Test Code: Connected to Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 Connected as xxpo SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE color_tab_t AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30); 2 / Type created SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE color_models ( 2 model_type VARCHAR2(12) 3 , colors color_tab_t 4 ) 5 NESTED TABLE colors STORE AS color_model_colors_tab 6 / Table created SQL> SQL> BEGIN 2 INSERT INTO color_models 3 VALUES ('RGB', color_tab_t ('RED','GREEN','BLUE')); 4 END; 5 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed SQL> select * from color_models; MODEL_TYPE COLORS ------------ ------ RGB <Objec SQL> select * from color_model_colors_tab; select * from color_model_colors_tab ORA-22812: cannot reference nested table column's storage table SQL> SQL> SELECT object_name 2 ,object_type 3 ,status 4 FROM dba_objects