Question

In PL/SQL, you can specify the values for the IN operator using concatenation:

v_sql := 'select field1
from table1
where field2 in (' || v_list || ')';

Is it possible to do the same using a variable?

v_sql := 'select field1
from table1
where field2 in (:v_list)'; 

If so, how?

EDIT: With reference to Marcin’s answer, how do I select from the resultant table?

declare

cursor c_get_csv_as_tables is
select in_list(food_list) food_list
from emp_food
where emp_type = 'PERM';

cursor c_get_food_list (v_food_table varchar2Table)is
select *
from v_food_table;

begin
    for i in c_get_csv_as_tables loop
        for j in c_get_food_list(i.food_list) loop
            dbms_output.put_line(j.element);
        end loop;
    end loop;
end;

I get the following error:

ORA-06550: line 10, column 6:
PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06550: line 9, column 1:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 15, column 34:
PLS-00364: loop index variable 'J' use is invalid
ORA-06550: line 15, column 13:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored

Answer 1

Like in @Sathya link, you can bind the varray (I took @Codo example):

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE str_tab_type IS VARRAY(10) OF VARCHAR2(200);
/
DECLARE
  l_str_tab str_tab_type;
  l_count NUMBER;
  v_sql varchar2(3000);
BEGIN
  l_str_tab := str_tab_type();
  l_str_tab.extend(2);
  l_str_tab(1) := 'TABLE';
  l_str_tab(2) := 'INDEX';

  v_sql := 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM all_objects WHERE object_type IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE FROM TABLE(:v_list))';

  execute immediate v_sql into l_count using l_str_tab;

  dbms_output.put_line(l_count);
END;
/

UPDATE: the first command can be replaced with:

CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE str_tab_type IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(200);
    /

then call:

l_str_tab.extend(1);

when ever you add a value