cannot pass entire records to function in SQL command

From: Frank Bergemann <FBergemann_at_web.de>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:13:45 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <98de6e48-76c8-4ab9-9a86-b98ab5ea026c_at_j29g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>

Hi,

i wonder why this doesn't work:

• snip ----------------------------------------

set serveroutput on

drop table tabx;
/

drop table taby;
/

create table tabx (

	a number,
	b number

);
/

create table taby (

	a number,
	b number

);
/

drop function func;
/

create function func(rec in tabx%rowtype) return number
is
begin

        return 1;
end;
/

declare
begin

	for i in 1..1000 loop
		insert into tabx  values (i, i);
		insert into taby  values (i, i);
	end loop;
	commit;

	select rec.a, func(rec)

    from tabx rec;

end;
/

• snap ----------------------------------------

i get:

	select rec.a, func(rec)
	                   *

ERROR at line 9:
ORA-06550: line 9, column 21:
PL/SQL: ORA-00904: "REC": invalid identifier ORA-06550: line 9, column 2:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored

Why is it not possible to pass the whole record to a function?

• thanks!

rgds,
Frank Received on Wed Jan 12 2011 - 07:13:45 CST