Oracle 中VARRAY的 NOT NULL之惑

2014-11-24 18:47:09 · 作者: · 浏览: 0

如果在定义VARRAY的时候带上NOT NULL限制,那么这个VARRAY的元素就不能为NULL.


如下定义:


CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE integer_varray
AS VARRAY(5) OF INTEGER NOT NULL;
/


然后有一个PLSQL块如下:


DECLARE


-- Declare and initialize a null set of rows.
varray_integer INTEGER_VARRAY := integer_varray();


BEGIN


-- Loop through all records to print the varray contents.
FOR i IN 1..varray_integer.LIMIT LOOP


-- Initialize row.
varray_integer.EXTEND;


 /*没有赋值,如果不赋值是NULL的话,应该编译错误啊,结果是顺利通过编译*/


END LOOP;



-- Print to console how many rows are initialized.
dbms_output.put ('Integer Varray Initialized ');
dbms_output.put_line('['||varray_integer.COUNT||']');

--varray_integer(1):=null;

FOR i IN 1..varray_integer.COUNT LOOP


-- Print the contents.
dbms_output.put ('Integer Varray ['||i||'] ');
dbms_output.put_line('['||varray_integer(i)||']');

if(varray_integer(i) is null) then


   /*本来是认为这里应该不执行,结果会打印出来*/
dbms_output.put_line('Integer Varray ['||i||'] '|| 'is null');
end if;


END LOOP;


END;
/


运行结果如下:/*运行也正常,显示元素为NULL,于定义矛盾*/


Integer Varray Initialized [5]
Integer Varray [1] []
Integer Varray [1] is null
Integer Varray [2] []
Integer Varray [2] is null
Integer Varray [3] []
Integer Varray [3] is null
Integer Varray [4] []
Integer Varray [4] is null
Integer Varray [5] []
Integer Varray [5] is null


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