MacLochlainns Weblog » pl/sql table functions http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com Michael McLaughlin's Technical Blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:21:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pipelined Functions & PL/SQL Tables http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2008/05/11/pipelined-functions-plsql-tables/ http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2008/05/11/pipelined-functions-plsql-tables/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 20:25:25 +0000 maclochlainn http://maclochlainn.wordpress.com/?p=14 Pipelined functions let you retrieve record structures from PL/SQL Tables as rows in SQL statements. PL/SQL tables are also known as associative arrays from 10g forward. While pipelined functions are slower than other approaches, they are easy to implement. The alternative uses a complex query. The query is complex because it typically uses selective aggregation and nested CASE logic.

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