Table-Valued Functions in ORACLE 11g ? ( parameterized views )

Question

I\'ve seen discussions about this in the past, such as here. But I\'m wondering if somewhere along the line, maybe 10g or 11g (we are using 11g), ORACLE has introduced any b

Answer 1

No need for SYS_CONTEXT or cursor definitions. You do need a type so that, when the SQL is parsed, it can determine which columns are going to be returned. That said, you can easily write a script that will generate type and collection type definitions for one or more tables based on the data in user_tab_columns.

The closest is

create table my_table
(prodid number, a varchar2(1), b varchar2(1), 
  c varchar2(1), d varchar2(1), e varchar2(1));

create type my_tab_type is object
(prodid number, a varchar2(1), b varchar2(1), 
  c varchar2(1), d varchar2(1), e varchar2(1))
.
/

create type my_tab_type_coll is table of my_tab_type;
/

create or replace function get_some_data (p_val in number) 
return my_tab_type_coll pipelined is
begin
  FOR i in (select * from my_table where prodid=p_val) loop
    pipe row(my_tab_type(i.prodid,i.a,i.b,i.c,i.d,i.e));
  end loop;
  return;
end;
/

SELECT * FROM table(get_Some_Data(3));