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Purpose
Enables PL/SQL programs to use collection locators to query and update
AUTHID
DEFINER
Dependencies
DBMS_UTL_COLL_LIB
Documented
Yes
First Available
8.1.5
Security Model
Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to PUBLIC
Source
{ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/utlcoll.plb
IS_LOCATOR
Determines whether a collection item is actually a locator or not
utl_coll.is_locator(coln IN STANDARD.<TABLE_1>) RETURN BOOLEAN;
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE CourseList AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(64);
/
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE MajorReq AS OBJECT (
major VARCHAR2(30), cl CourseList);
/
CREATE TABLE uw_major OF MajorReq
NESTED TABLE cl STORE AS nt_CourseList_t;
CREATE TABLE uw_majors OF MajorReq
NESTED TABLE cl STORE AS nt_CourseList_tab RETURN LOCATOR;
set describe depth all linenum on indent on
desc uw_major
desc uw_majors
INSERT INTO uw_major
VALUES
('Math', CourseList('Algebra','Geometry', 'Calculus'));
INSERT INTO uw_majors
VALUES
('Science', CourseList('Astronomy', 'Biology', 'Chemistry'));
SELECT cl FROM uw_major;
SELECT cl FROM uw_majors;
COMMIT;
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE is_coll IS
mlist1 CourseList;
mlist2 CourseList;
BEGIN
SELECT cl
INTO mlist1
FROM uw_major
WHERE major = 'Math';
SELECT cl
INTO mlist2
FROM uw_majors
WHERE major = 'Science';
IF (utl_coll.is_locator(mlist1)) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('uwmajor returns a locator');
ELSE
dbms_output.put_line('uwmajor does not return a locator');
END IF;
IF (utl_coll.is_locator(mlist2)) THEN
dbms_output.put_line('uwmajors returns a locator');
ELSE
dbms_output.put_line('uwmajors does not return a locator');
END IF;
END is_coll;
/
