7.24 ADD_MEMBERS Procedure

Use this procedure to add an array of members to a collection. An error is raised if the specified collection does not exist for the current user in the same session for the current Application ID. Gaps are not used when adding a new member, so an existing collection with members of sequence IDs (1,2,5,8) adds the new member with a sequence ID of 9. The count of elements in the p_c001 PL/SQL table is used as the total number of items across all PL/SQL tables. For example, if p_c001.count is 2 and p_c002.count is 10, only 2 members are added. If p_c001 is null an application error is raised.

Syntax

APEX_COLLECTION.ADD_MEMBERS (
    p_collection_name IN VARCHAR2,
    p_c001 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2 default empty_vc_arr,
    p_c002 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2 default empty_vc_arr,
    p_c003 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2 default empty_vc_arr,
    ...
    p_c050 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2 default empty_vc_arr,
    p_n001 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.N_ARR default empty_n_arr,
    p_n002 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.N_ARR default empty_n_arr,
    p_n003 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.N_ARR default empty_n_arr,
    p_n004 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.N_ARR default empty_n_arr,
    p_n005 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.N_ARR default empty_n_arr,
    p_d001 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.D_ARR default empty_d_arr,
    p_d002 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.D_ARR default empty_d_arr,
    p_d003 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.D_ARR default empty_d_arr,
    p_d004 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.D_ARR default empty_d_arr,
    p_d005 IN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.D_ARR default empty_d_arr,
    p_generate_md5 IN VARCHAR2 default 'NO');

Parameters

Note:

Any character attribute exceeding 4,000 characters is truncated to 4,000 characters. Also, the number of members added is based on the number of elements in the first array.

Table 7-3 ADD_MEMBERS Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_collection_name`	The name of an existing collection. Maximum length is 255 bytes. Collection names are not case sensitive and are converted to upper case.
`p_c001` through `p_c050`	Array of character attribute values to be added.
`p_n001` through `p_n005`	Array of numeric attribute values to be added.
`p_d001` through `p_d005`	Array of date attribute values to be added.
`p_generate_md5`	Valid values include `YES` and `NO`. `YES` to specify if the message digest of the data of the collection member should be computed. Use this parameter to compare the MD5 of the collection member with another member or to see if that member has changed.

Example

The following example shows how to add two new members to the EMPLOYEE table.

Begin
    APEX_COLLECTION.ADD_MEMBERS(
        p_collection_name => 'EMPLOYEE',
        p_c001 => l_arr1,
        p_c002 => 1_arr2);
End;