Question

Does anyone know if its possible to use Bulk insert from following code:

   FORALL I IN IBT_KONTIDS.FIRST .. IBT_KONTIDS.LAST
   INSERT INTO EX_TABLE VALUES (IBT_KONTIDS(I), IBT_PROJNUMS(I), CURRENTUSER, SYSDATE);

What I am trying to achieeve is a fast insert into EX_TABLE from my 2 arrays and additional parameters like userinfo and current time. Thanks in advance !

Answer 1

I don’t think so. But, even if you could why would you want to? You’re asking for more trouble than I could possibly name. What happens if your two arrays don’t have the same number of records in them? What happens if they were collected into the array in a different order?

Why not just use a join collect everything into 1 cursor and then insert that?

SQL>
SQL> create table blah as
  2   select a.*
  3        , cast( null as varchar2(30) ) as usr
  4        , cast( null as date ) as dt
  5        , cast( null as varchar2(30) ) as object_name
  6     from user_tables a
  7    where 1 = 0;

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> declare
  2
  3    cursor c_tab is
  4     select a.*, user, sysdate, b.object_name
  5       from user_tables a
  6       join user_objects b
  7         on a.table_name = b.object_name
  8            ;
  9
 10    type t__tab is table of c_tab%rowtype index by binary_integer;
 11    t_tab t__tab;
 12
 13  begin
 14
 15     open c_tab;
 16
 17     loop
 18       fetch c_tab bulk collect
 19        into t_tab limit 1000;
 20
 21       exit when t_tab.count = 0;
 22
 23       forall ii in t_tab.first .. t_tab.last
 24         insert into blah
 25         values t_tab(ii)
 26                ;
 27
 28       commit;
 29
 30     end loop;
 31
 32     close c_tab;
 33
 34  end;
 35  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>