What is the equivalent of SQL Server APPLY in Oracle?

Question

I am new to Oracle. Is there a builtin keyword does the same job of SQL Server APPLY?

Answer 1

In Oracle we can use a pipelined function in the FROM clause by using the TABLE() function.

SQL> select * from table( get_dept_emps (10) )
  2  /

ENAME                                 SAL MGR
------------------------------ ---------- ---------------------
BOEHMER                              2450 SCHNEIDER
SCHNEIDER                            5000
KISHORE                              1300 BOEHMER

SQL>

This can be treated like any other table, for instance, by joining to it:

SQL> select t.*
  2         , e.empno
  3  from
  4     table( get_dept_emps (10) ) t
  5             join emp e
  6             on e.ename = t.ename
  7  /

ENAME             SAL MGR             EMPNO
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
BOEHMER          2450 SCHNEIDER        7782
SCHNEIDER        5000                  7839
KISHORE          1300 BOEHMER          7934

SQL>