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Old 04-28-03, 14:30
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Unhappy IN list returned by a function

I am trying to do the following with no success (ORACLE 9i, through SQLNavigator4):

FUNCTION GET_LIST RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
BEGIN
return '''GLOBAL_ID1'',''GLOBAL_ID2''';
END GET_LIST;

then I have a SQL query, which I type right in SQL Navigator, that does the following:

select * form my_table where id in (my_package.get_list())

if my function returns only one value, the query works, the moment I return a comma-delimited string, it stops working. How can I fix it?
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Old 04-29-03, 04:22
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Does this realy work ?

Hello,

i have never seen such syntax in PL/SQL. Are you sure that you can return a list of VARCHAR2 in a function in this way ?
If you want to return array or list of characters, I normaly use collection types or REF cursor ?!!?!

By the way, it is not a bug of your SQL Navigator ...

Best regards
Manfred Peter
(Alligator Company GmbH)
http://www.alligatorsql.com
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