Re: Declaring a global table in PL/SQL

From: William Robertson <william.robertson_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2005 06:12:10 -0700
Message-ID: <1123161130.276025.79750@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Billy wrote:
> absinth wrote:
> > Why can't I have?
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY test AS
> > TYPE test_table IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30)
> > INDEX BY VARCHAR2(2);
> >
> > DEMO_TABLE test_table;
> > DEMO_TABLE('NO') := 'No';
> >
> > END test;
> > /
>
> You can - as the responses show.
>
> But there is nothing "table" about PL/SQL "tables". The *CORRECT*
> definition is dynamic arrays. And is what is used in every other
> programming language out there.
>
> There's also a huge questionmark about why wanting to declare a global
> dynamic array. 99% of the time is nothing but a brain fart that is
> without substance and plain stinks. Where is the best place for data in
> Oracle to reside? And the "in-a-global-dynamic-array" answer to that is
> few and very far in-between.
>
> --
> Billy

"PL/SQL Tables" - isn't that what they used to call associative arrays in ancient times?

I must admit I wasn't clear what the title had to do with the question. Received on Thu Aug 04 2005 - 08:12:10 CDT