[bbk5129]第13集 Chapter 06 Working with Composite Data Types(Collection)

Associative Arrays(INDEX BY Tables)

An associative array is a PL/SQL collection with two columns:

• Primary Key of integer or string data type(主键可以使整型值，可以使字符串值)
• Column of scalar or record data type

IOT表表示存储在数据库中的一种数据类型.INDEX BY Table只能用在PL/SQL中，不能存储在数据库中.

Associative Array Structure

The Order of Associative Arrays

• The subscripts of an associative array can be either strings or integers.
• Subscripts are stored in sort order,not creation order.
• For strings,sort order is determined by the initialization parameters NLS_SORT and NLS_COMP.
• Like a database table,an associative array:
  • -Is empty(but not null) until you populate it.
  • -Can hold an arbitrary number of elements,which you can access without knkowing their postions.
• Unlike a database table,an associative array:
  • -Does not need disk space or network operations.
  • -Cannot be manipulated with DML statements.

访问关联数组，可以直接通过下标去访问，或者从头到尾的去遍历.

Steps to Create an Associative Array

Syntax：

TYPE type_name IS TABLE OF
        {column_type | variable%TYPE | table.column%TYPE} [NOT NULL]
        | table%ROWTYPE
        | INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER | BINARY_INTEGER
        | VARCHAR2(<size>);
        identifier type_name;

Creating and Accessing Associative Arrays

DECLARE

TYPE ename_table_type    IS TABLE OF employees.last_name%TYPE
        INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE hiredate_table_type IS TABLE OF DATE
        INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;

        ename_table     ename_table_type;
        hiredate_table  hiredate_table_type;
BEGIN

        ename_table(1)          := 'CAMERON';
        hiredate_table(8)       := SYSDATE + 7;
        NULL;
END;
/

SET SERVEROUT ON;
DECLARE
        TYPE list_of_names_t IS TABLE OF employees.first_name%TYPE
                INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
        happlyfamily    list_of_names_t;
        l_row           PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
        happlyfamily(2020020202) := 'Eli';
        happlyfamily(-15070) := 'Steven';
        happlyfamily(-90900) := 'Chris';
        happlyfamily(88) := 'Veva';

        l_row := happlyfamily.FIRST;

        WHILE (l_row IS NOT NULL)
        LOOP
                DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(l_row || '-->' || happlyfamily(l_row));
                l_row := happlyfamily.NEXT(l_row);
        END LOOP;

        l_row := 88;
        IF happlyfamily.EXISTS(l_row) THEN
                DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('It is here!-->' || happlyfamily(l_row));
        ELSE
                DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('It is not here!-->' || happlyfamily(l_row));
        END IF;
END;

/

下标可以随意的使用，只要符合数据类型的规定;

Using INDEX BY Table Methods

The following methods make asscociative arrays easier to user:

• EXISTS
• COUNT
• PRIOR
• FIRST
• NEXT
• LAST
• DELETE

INDEX BY Table of Records Option

Define an associative array to hold an entire row form a table.

DECLARE
        TYPE dept_table_type IS TABLE OF departments%ROWTYPE
                INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
        dept_table dept_table_type;
        --each element of dept_table is a record
BEGIN
        SELECT * INTO dept_table(1) FROM departments WHERE department_id = 10;

        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(dept_table(1).department_id || '->' ||
                             dept_table(1).department_name || '->' ||
                             dept_table(1).manager_id
                            );
END;
/

DECLARE
        TYPE emp_table_type IS TABLE OF employees%ROWTYPE
                INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
        emp_table emp_table_type;
        max_count       NUMBER := 104;
BEGIN
        FOR i IN 100..max_count
        LOOP
                SELECT * INTO emp_table(i) FROM employees WHERE employee_id = i;
        END LOOP;

        FOR i IN emp_table.FIRST..emp_table.LAST
        LOOP
                DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(emp_table(i).employee_id || '->' || emp_table(i).last_name);
        END LOOP;
END;
/

增强版

DECLARE
        TYPE emp_table_type IS TABLE OF employees%ROWTYPE
                INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
        emp_table emp_table_type;
        --max_count     NUMBER := 104;
BEGIN
        --FOR i IN 100..max_count
        --LOOP
        --      SELECT * INTO emp_table(i) FROM employees WHERE employee_id = i;
        --END LOOP;
        SELECT * BULK COLLECT INTO emp_table FROM employees WHERE employee_id IN (100,101,102,103,104,105);

        FOR i IN emp_table.FIRST..emp_table.LAST
        LOOP
                DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(emp_table(i).employee_id || '->' || emp_table(i).last_name);
        END LOOP;
END;
/

Index By Integer or String?

 使用PLS_INTEGER作为索引下标与使用String作为索引下标，在查询过程中，String类型的索引性能是最高的.二者在算法上有着本质的区别.