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Then, the individual array element can be extracted with a WHERE filter
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SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE mem_type IS VARRAY(10) of VARCHAR2(15)
2 /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE club (Name VARCHAR2(10),
2 Address VARCHAR2(20),
3 City VARCHAR2(20),
4 Phone VARCHAR2(8),
5 Members mem_type)
6 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO club VALUES ('AL','111 First St.','Mobile',
2 '222-2222', mem_type('Brenda','Richard'));
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO club VALUES ('FL','222 Second St.','Orlando',
2 '333-3333', mem_type('Gen','John','Steph','JJ'));
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> SELECT n, val
2 FROM
3 (SELECT rownum n, COLUMN_VALUE val FROM
4 THE(SELECT c.members FROM club c
5 WHERE c.name = 'FL') x
6 WHERE COLUMN_VALUE IS NOT NULL)
7 WHERE n=3;
N VAL
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3 Steph
SQL>
SQL> drop table club;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop type mem_type;
Type dropped.
SQL>
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