MULTISET EXCEPT operator finds the elements remaining from the first set after removing any matching elements from the second set : MULTISET « PL SQL « Oracle PL / SQL






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MULTISET EXCEPT operator finds the elements remaining from the first set after removing any matching elements from the second set

 

SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE list IS TABLE OF NUMBER;
  2  /

Type created.

SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION format_list(set_in LIST) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
  2    returnValue VARCHAR2(2000);
  3  BEGIN
  4      FOR i IN set_in.FIRST..set_in.LAST LOOP
  5          returnValue := set_in(i)||' ';
  6      END LOOP;
  7      RETURN returnValue;
  8  END format_list;
  9  /

Function created.

SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    a LIST := list(1,2,3,4);
  3    b LIST := list(4,5,6,7);
  4  BEGIN
  5    dbms_output.put_line(format_list(a MULTISET EXCEPT b));
  6  END;
  7  /
3

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.








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