在Oracle(11.2之前版)中:当使用强制转换(收集(...))时,如何订购结果?

时间:2010-12-10 10:25:58

标签: sql oracle ora-00907

使用演员表(收集(...))时,如何订购结果?

我有一个名为GetStringForTable的函数,定义如下:

FUNCTION GetStringForTable(vTable in TVarCharTable, vDelimeter in varchar default ',') return VarChar2 is
    aResult varchar2(32767);
    i int;
  begin
    if vTable.count = 0 then 
      return '';
    end if;

    for i in 1 .. vTable.Count loop
      if i > 1 then
        aResult := aResult || vDelimeter;
      end if;
      aResult := aResult || vTable(i);
    end loop;
    return aResult;
  end GetStringForTable;

我这样使用它:

select
  name,
  rep.GetStringForTable
      ((
          Select 
            cast(collect(name) as TVarCharTable)  
          from 
            contacts
          where 
            debtoraccount = dt.accountnumber
      )
      ,', ' --Delimiter
      ) "Contacts" 
from debtable dt
where name like '%Svein%';

问题是结果没有排序。当我想要“爱丽丝,鲍勃,卡罗尔,戴夫”时,我会得到“戴夫,鲍勃,卡罗尔,爱丽丝”。我如何订购结果?如果尝试以下,但没有一个工作:

select
  name,
  rep.GetStringForTable
      ((
          Select 
            cast(collect(name) as TVarCharTable)  
          from 
            contacts
          where 
            debtoraccount = dt.accountnumber
          order by name  <= ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis
      )
      ,', ' --Skilletegn
      ) "Contacts"
from debtable dt
where name like '%Svein%';

select
  name,
  rep.GetStringForTable
      ((
        select * from
        (
          Select 
            cast(collect(name) as TVarCharTable)  
          from 
            contacts
          where 
            debtoraccount = dt.accountnumber  <= ORA-00904: string: invalid identifier
          order by name
        )
      )
      ,', ' --Skilletegn
      ) "Contacts"
from debtable dt
where name like '%Svein%';

理想情况下,我想在不更改GetStringForTable函数的情况下进行排序。

有人可以帮忙吗?

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:9)

    cast(collect(name order by name) as TVarCharTable)  

11gR1 manual首先提到了这种语法。但即使它不是documented,它似乎也可以正常使用10g。

答案 1 :(得分:4)

一种方法是修改GetStringForTable以便输出有序(你可以有两个函数:一个是有序的,另一个不是)

SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE TVarCharTable AS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30);
  2  /
Type created

SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GetStringForTable(
  2        vTable IN TVarCharTable,
  3        vDelimeter IN VARCHAR DEFAULT ','
  4     ) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
  5     aResult VARCHAR2(32767);
  6     i       INT := 1;
  7  BEGIN
  8     IF vTable.COUNT = 0 THEN
  9        RETURN '';
 10     END IF;
 11     FOR cc IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE cv
 12                  FROM TABLE(CAST(vtable AS TVarCharTable))
 13                 ORDER BY COLUMN_VALUE) LOOP
 14        IF i > 1 THEN
 15           aResult := aResult || vDelimeter;
 16        END IF;
 17        aResult := aResult || cc.cv;
 18        i := i+1;
 19     END LOOP;
 20     RETURN aResult;
 21  END GetStringForTable;
 22  /
Function created

SQL> SELECT GetStringForTable(TVarCharTable('B', 'A', 'D', 'C')) FROM dual;

GETSTRINGFORTABLE(TVARCHARTABL
---------------------------------------------------------------------
A,B,C,D

更新

我找到了一种解决方法,但不幸的是,经过额外的测试,无法保证ORDER。它取决于所选的访问路径。不过,它可能适用于您的情况:

SQL> SELECT dNAME,
  2         GetStringForTable((SELECT CAST(COLLECT(eNAME) AS TVarCharTable)
  3                              FROM (SELECT *
  4                                      FROM scott.emp
  5                                     ORDER BY ename) e
  6                                   /* ^^^^^^^^ */
  7                              WHERE e.deptno = dt.deptno),
  8                             ', ' --Delimiter
  9                             ) "Contacts"
 10    FROM scott.dept dt;

DNAME          Contacts
-------------- ----------------------------------------------------
ACCOUNTING     CLARK, KING, MILLER
RESEARCH       ADAMS, FORD, JONES, SCOTT, SMITH
SALES          ALLEN, BLAKE, JAMES, MARTIN, TURNER, WARD
OPERATIONS     

您可以使用技巧强制ORDER来实现子查询,但这会阻止优化器使用大多数有效路径,例如:

SQL> WITH employee AS (
  2     SELECT *
  3       FROM scott.emp
  4      WHERE ROWNUM > 0 /* will materialize the subquery */
  5      ORDER BY ename
  6  )
  7  SELECT dNAME,
  8         GetStringForTable((SELECT CAST(COLLECT(eNAME) AS TVarCharTable)
  9                              FROM employee e
 10                              WHERE e.deptno = dt.deptno),
 11                             ', ' --Delimiter
 12                             ) "Contacts"
 13    FROM scott.dept dt;

DNAME          Contacts
-------------- -----------------------------------------------------
ACCOUNTING     CLARK, KING, MILLER
RESEARCH       ADAMS, FORD, JONES, SCOTT, SMITH
SALES          ALLEN, BLAKE, JAMES, MARTIN, TURNER, WARD
OPERATIONS