Loading a Table with a VARRAY in It: INSERT VALUEs with Constants
Oracle's VARRAYs behave like classes in object-oriented programming.
Classes are instantiated into objects using constructors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE mem_type IS VARRAY(10) of VARCHAR2(15)
2 /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE club (Name VARCHAR2(10),
2 Address VARCHAR2(20),
3 City VARCHAR2(20),
4 Phone VARCHAR2(8),
5 Members mem_type)
6 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO club VALUES ('AL','111 First St.','Mobile',
2 '222-2222', mem_type('Brenda','Richard'));
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO club VALUES ('FL','222 Second St.','Orlando',
2 '333-3333', mem_type('Gen','John','Steph','JJ'));
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> SELECT *
2 FROM club;
NAME ADDRESS CITY PHONE
---------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------- --------
MEMBERS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AL 111 First St. Mobile 222-2222
MEM_TYPE('Brenda', 'Richard')
FL 222 Second St. Orlando 333-3333
MEM_TYPE('Gen', 'John', 'Steph', 'JJ')
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table club;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop type mem_type;
Type dropped.
SQL>
SQL>
