Bulk Collect / Forall insert PLS-00436 error.

Hi, I am running the following code to create a forall insert but I am receiving the following error and cannot figure out why ... I'm not sure what this error message is telling me. Thanks,

ORA-06550: line 34, column 4:
PLS-00436: implementation restriction: cannot reference fields of BULK In-BIND table of records

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create table tmp_table1 as select col1, col2, col3, col4, col5, col6 from table1 where 1 = 2;

declare

cursor curOrders is
select 
 a.col1, a.col2, a.col3, a.col4, a.col5, a.col6
 from
 table1 a
 join
table2 b
on a.col1 = b.col1 and a.col2 = b.col2;

type tbl_bulk is table of curOrders%rowtype;

varOrders tbl_bulk;

begin
open curOrders;
loop
fetch  curOrders bulk collect into varOrders limit 500;
  
forall indx in 1 .. varOrders.count
  
  insert into  tmp_table1
  (col1, col2, col3, col4, col5, col6)
  values
  (varOrders(indx).col1, varOrders(indx).col2, varOrders (indx).col3, varOrders(indx).col4, varOrders(indx).col5, varOrders(indx).col6);

exit when curOrders%notfound;
 --exit when varClaims.count < 500;  which is better?
   end loop;

close curOrders;
commit;
end;
/

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slightwv (䄆 Netminder) Commented: 2016-02-24

What is your Oracle version (all 4 numbers please)?

I just set up a test case and your exact code runs fine with 11.2.0.2.

You could make the forall a simple for loop.

for indx in 1 .. varOrders.count loop

insert into tmp_table1
(col1, col2, col3, col4, col5, col6)
values
(varOrders(indx).col1, varOrders(indx).col2, varOrders (indx).col3, varOrders(indx).col4, varOrders(indx).col5, varOrders(indx).col6);

end loop;

Scarlett72Author Commented: 2016-02-24

Hi slightwv, the version I'm using is 10.2.0.5.0

Can't test with that.

Try the regular for loop instead of forall.

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Alex [***Alex140181***]Software DeveloperCommented: 2016-02-24

Have you tried:

forall indx in 1 .. varOrders.count
    insert into  tmp_table1 values varOrders(indx);

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Scarlett72Author Commented: 2016-02-25

Hi Alexander and slightwv, both worked. Thank you, I am trying to harness the forall clause so Alexander your solution fit best, before I assign and close off this thread, would either of you know why I received the error? using Alexanders solution I can't reference the individual columns in the cursor record?

slightwv (䄆 Netminder) Commented: 2016-02-25

>>using Alexanders solution I can't reference the individual columns in the cursor record?

Not in the forall statement. Not sure why using the row object worked and individual columns did not but it is 10g. Could be a bug.

The reason for this post is you will likely need to be careful.

The row object will work as long as the cursor and table have the same columns. My guess is that if you add a column to table1, which will end up in tmp_table1, and try it with the cursor you have, that doesn't have the new column, it will generate an error.

Bulk Collect / Forall insert PLS-00436 error.

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