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plsql, fetch inner and outer loops
I'm not very experienced using plsql, cursors or fetches.
I'm trying to construct an inner and outer loop in plsql. My question can be summed up by asking if you can use a WHERE clause for the inner fetch.
1. the outer loop supplies the next value of a WHERE clause to supply to the INNER loop to limit values to search.
2. inner loop users outer loops value in WHERE clause, processes data, the goes back to outer loop for next number
The problem seems to be that the inner loop doesn't finish with the first value from the outer loop but keeps processing data using all the outer loop values without breaking the loop to get the next value from the outer loop.
I'm trying to construct an inner and outer loop in plsql. My question can be summed up by asking if you can use a WHERE clause for the inner fetch.
1. the outer loop supplies the next value of a WHERE clause to supply to the INNER loop to limit values to search.
2. inner loop users outer loops value in WHERE clause, processes data, the goes back to outer loop for next number
The problem seems to be that the inner loop doesn't finish with the first value from the outer loop but keeps processing data using all the outer loop values without breaking the loop to get the next value from the outer loop.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test AS
CURSOR cur_inner IS
select * from test_table1
where x = x;
CURSOR cur_outer IS
select * from test_table2;
BEGIN
OPEN cur_outer;
<<fetch_outer_loop>>
LOOP
FETCH cur_outer
INTO x, y, z;
exit fetch_outer_loop when NOT cur_outer%found;
OPEN cur_inner;
<<fetch_inner_loop>>
LOOP
FETCH cur_inner
INTO x, y, z;
/* How do I limit the inner loop to just to values liited by the WHERE clause in the CURSOR cur_inner above? Break the loop and then get the next WHERE clause value from the Outer Loop Cursor.
-- process data using values fetched from cur_inne r*/
exit fetch_inner_loop when NOT cur_inner%found;
END LOOP fetch_inner_loop;
CLOSE cur_inner;
insert into result_table (a, b, c )
values (a, b, c );
commit;
END LOOP fetch_outer_loop;
CLOSE cur_outer_freq;
END test;
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Thanks for the help. Sorry for the delay, I though I closed this last week.
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