NESTED TABLE

A Nested Table is a type of collector, which has no limit on the number of entries per
row. It is in fact a table within a table and is represented as a column within another table

SRNO FIELD NAME SUB FIELD DATA TYPE

1 CAR_ID NUMBER
2 CAR_NAME VARCHAR2
3 ATTRIBUTES MODEL_NO NUMBER
COLOR VARCHAR2
MFG VARCHAR2
COST NUMBER

1)CREATE OBJECT

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE car_attributes AS OBJECT

(MODEL_NO varchar2(10),
COLOR VARCHAR2(20),
MFG VARCHAR2(10),
COST NUMBER(10))
/

2)CREATE TYPE

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE C_ATTRIB AS TABLE OF CAR_ATTRIBUTES;

/
3)CREATE NESTED TABLES

CREATE TABLE tbl_car_nested

(car_id number(5) primary key,
car_name varchar2(10) ,
attributes c_attrib default c_attrib()
)
NESTED TABLE attributes STORE AS mydata2
/

PERFORMING DML ON NESTED TABLES

EXAMPLES:

1)INSERT

insert into tbl_car_nested(car_id,car_name,attributes)

values( 4,'skoda',
C_ATTRIB(CAR_ATTRIBUTES('51','orange','hyundai',7880)))

insert into tbl_car_nested(car_id,car_name,attributes)

values( 3,'santro',
C_ATTRIB(CAR_ATTRIBUTES('51','orange','hyundai',7880)))
insert into tbl_car_nested (car_id,car_name,attributes)
values ( 10,'santro',
C_ATTRIB (
CAR_ATTRIBUTES ('58','orange','hyundai',7880),
CAR_ATTRIBUTES ('60','blue','tata',454)
)
)

insert into tbl_car_nested(car_id,car_name,attributes)

select 11,'santro gx',attributes from tbl_car_nested

INSERT INTO
TABLE(select attributes
from tbl_car_nested
where car_id = 10)
values (59,'black','hyundai',334);

2)UPDATING ALL ROWS IN REFERENCE TABLE FOR CAR 10

update table
( select attributes
FROM tbl_car_nested
WHERE car_id=10
)ca
SET
ca.MODEL_NO=23,
ca.color='black',
ca.mfg='toyota',
ca.cost=56000
3)UPDATE BY REPALCING ALL ROWS IN REFRENCE TABLE BY ROW
SPECIFIED IN SET CLAUSE

update tbl_car_nested
set attributes= C_ATTRIB(CAR_ATTRIBUTES(
99,'voilet','tata',899))
where car_id=4

4)

update table
( select attributes
FROM tbl_car_nested
WHERE car_id=10
)ca
SET
ca.MODEL_NO=59,
ca.color='black',
ca.mfg='BMW',
ca.cost=909
5)
UPDATING PERTICULAR ROW

update table
( select attributes
FROM tbl_car_nested
WHERE car_id=10
)ca
SET ca.color='RED'
WHERE ca.MODEL_NO=60

6)USING CAST-MULTISET OPERATOR

This is the example that insert into the table from table car that have the structure nested
table column

INSERT INTO tbl_car_nested(car_id,car_name,attributes)

VALUES(198,'MERCED',CAST(MULTISET(SELECT modelno,color,mfg,cost FROM
CAR ) AS c_attrib ) )
NOTE:The cast multiset operator converts the rows return by the sql into nested table
type i.e c_attrib
and insert into the table;

similarly we can do it reverse while selecting USING CAST MULTISET OPERATOR

desc car

desc car
Name Null Type
------------------------------ --------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MODELNO VARCHAR2(4000)
COLOR VARCHAR2(4000)
MFG VARCHAR2(4000)
COST NUMBER(20)

7)SELECTING THE DATA

SELECT NT.* FROM THE (SELECT ATTRIBUTES FROM TBL_CAR_NESTED
WHERE CAR_ID =11) NT where nt.color='blue'

select car_id from tbl_car_nested n where exists( select attributes from tbl_car_nested
where car_id>n.car_id )

select car_id,car.* from tbl_car_nested,table(tbl_car_nested.attributes ) car

8)DELETING

delete from the(select attributes from tbl_car_nested where car_id=198 ) nt

where nt. color is not null
SELECTING THE DATA

DIFFERENT TABLE THAN CAR

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE SUB_MODULE AS OBJECT(sub_module_name

VARCHAR2(250),
sub_module_desc VARCHAR2(250),
url VARCHAR2(50))

/
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE type_sub_module AS TABLE OF SUB_MODULE

CREATE TABLE MODULE_MASTER( module_id VARCHAR2(2) PRIMARY

KEY,
module_name VARCHAR2(250),
module_desc VARCHAR2(250),
sub_module_details type_sub_module)
NESTED TABLE sub_module_details STORE AS
my_submodule

select module_id,module_name,nt.* from module_master,

table( module_master.sub_module_details) nt where module_id=1