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timhall/miscellaneous/get_pivot.sql

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+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- File Name    : https://oracle-base.com/dba/miscellaneous/get_pivot.sql
+-- Author       : Tim Hall
+-- Description  : Creates a function to produce a virtual pivot table with the specific values.
+-- Requirements : CREATE TYPE, CREATE PROCEDURE
+-- Call Syntax  : @get_pivot.sql
+-- Last Modified: 13/08/2003
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE t_pivot AS TABLE OF NUMBER;
+/
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_pivot(p_max   IN  NUMBER,
+                                     p_step  IN  NUMBER DEFAULT 1) 
+  RETURN t_pivot AS
+  l_pivot t_pivot := t_pivot();
+BEGIN
+  FOR i IN 0 .. TRUNC(p_max/p_step) LOOP
+    l_pivot.extend;
+    l_pivot(l_pivot.last) := 1 + (i * p_step);
+  END LOOP;
+  RETURN l_pivot;
+END;
+/
+SHOW ERRORS
+
+SELECT column_value
+FROM   TABLE(get_pivot(17,2));
+