20.18 GET_T_VARCHAR2 Function

This function returns the varchar2 attributes of an array.

Syntax

function get_t_varchar2 (
    p_path             in varchar2,
    p0                 in varchar2 default null,
    p1                 in varchar2 default null,
    p2                 in varchar2 default null,
    p3                 in varchar2 default null,
    p4                 in varchar2 default null,
    p_values           in t_values default g_values )
    return wwv_flow_t_varchar2;

Parameters

Returns

Array member values if the referenced t_value is an array. An array with just the referenced value if it's type can be converted to a varchar2.

Raises

Example

This example parses a JSON and prints the value at position 1.

declare
    j          apex_json.t_values;
    l_elements apex_t_varchar2;
begin
    apex_json.parse(j, '{ "foo": ["one", "two"], "bar": "three" }');
    l_elements := apex_json.get_t_varchar2 (
                      p_values => j,
                      p_path   => 'foo' );
    for i in 1 .. l_elements.count loop
        sys.dbms_output.put_line(i||':'||l_elements(i));
    end loop;
    l_elements := apex_json.get_t_varchar2 (
                      p_values => j,
                      p_path   => 'bar' );
    for i in 1 .. l_elements.count loop
        sys.dbms_output.put_line(i||':'||l_elements(i));
    end loop;
end;

Output:
  1:one
  2:two
  1:three