Oracle8i and higher supports the following collection data types:
VARRAY
TABLE
OBJECT
The examples in this section are based on the following Create Table and data type definitions:
CREATE TYPE num_varray AS VARRAY(4) OF NUMBER(12,2)
CREATE TYPE num_table AS TABLE of NUMBER(12,2)
CREATE TYPE city_object as OBJECT (
Name VARCHAR2(40),
Province VARCHAR2(40),
City_Code VARCHAR2(10),
Population Number)
CREATE TABLE complex_type_table (array_col num_varray, table_col
num_table, object_col city_object) NESTED TABLE TABLE_COL STORE AS
TABLE_COL_NT
VARRAY
