Procedure in PL/SQL with create and cursor - database

Question

Can we have a Procedure with
First create a table suppose
create table INCOME_GROUP(income_compare_groups varchar(100)) ;
Then insert data into this table.
insert into INCOME_GROUP values (10-20);
Then Use this table into a cursor.
CURSOR c1 IS(select *from INCOME_GROUP);
For Example I am doing this.
BEGIN
create table INCOME_GROUP(income_compare_groups varchar(100)) ;
DECLARE
CURSOR c1 IS(select * income_Group);
BEGIN
FOR acct IN c1 LOOP -- process each row one at a time
INSERT INTO temp_test
VALUES (acct.income_compare_groups);
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
END;
END;
But I am getting some Error.
ORA-06550: line 2, column 4:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "CREATE" when expecting one of the following:
( begin case declare exit for goto if loop mod null pragma
raise return select update while with <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> <<
continue close current delete fetch lock insert open rollback
savepoint set sql execute commit forall merge pipe purge
After reading the comments I tried this -
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'create table INCOME_GROUP
(
income_compare_groups varchar(100)
)';
DECLARE
CURSOR c1 IS
(select * from
INCOME_GROUP
);
BEGIN
FOR acct IN c1 LOOP -- process each row one at a time
INSERT INTO temp_test
VALUES (acct.income_compare_groups, null);
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
END;
END;
But seems it is not creating table.!!!!

Answer 1

You can do it like this:
create or replace procedure cpy_inc_comp_grps
as
cur_1 sys_refcursor;
compare_group varchar2(100);
begin
execute immediate 'create table income_group(income_compare_groups varchar2(100))';
open cur_1 for 'select income_compare_groups from income_group';
LOOP
FETCH cur_1 INTO compare_group;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('INSERT INTO temp_test VALUES (rec.income_compare_groups');
EXIT WHEN cur_1%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP;
close cur_1;
execute immediate 'drop table income_group';
end;
And test it with the following code:
begin
cpy_inc_comp_grps;
end;
You have to replace the dbms_output.put_line(...) part with whatever inserts you want to do.

Answer 2

It must be like this:
DECLARE
cur SYS_REFCURSOR;
v_income_compare_groups VARCHAR(100);
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE TABLE INCOME_GROUP(income_compare_groups VARCHAR(100))';
OPEN cur FOR 'SELECT * income_Group';
LOOP
FETCH cur INTO v_income_compare_groups;
EXIT WHEN cur%NOTFOUND;
INSERT INTO temp_test VALUES (v_income_compare_groups);
END LOOP;
CLOSE cur;
COMMIT;
END;
You have to use dynamic Cursor because when you compile the package then the table INCOME_GROUP does not exist yet and you would get an error at CURSOR c1 IS(select * income_Group);
However, there are several issue:
You will get an error if the table already exist. You have to check this first or write an exception handler.
The procedure is useless because you first create an (empty) table and then you select it - it will never select anything!

Answer 3

Try this.
execute immediate 'create table INCOME_GROUP(income_compare_groups varchar(100))';