6.50 UPDATE_MEMBER Procedure

Use this procedure to update the specified member in the given named collection. If a collection does not exist with the specified name for the current user in the same session and for the current Application ID, an application error is raised. If the member specified by sequence ID p_seq does not exist, an application error is raised.

Note:

Using this procedure sets the columns identified and nullifies any columns not identified. To update specific columns, without affecting the values of other columns, use “ UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 1”.

Syntax

APEX_COLLECTION.UPDATE_MEMBER (
    p_collection_name IN VARCHAR2,
    p_seq  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_c001 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_c002 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_c003 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    ...
    p_c050 IN VARCHAR DEFAULT NULL,
    p_n001 IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
    p_n002 IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
    p_n003 IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
    p_n004 IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
    p_n005 IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
    p_d001 IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
    p_d002 IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
    p_d003 IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
    p_d004 IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
    p_d005 IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,   
    p_clob001 IN CLOB DEFAULT empty_clob(),
    p_blob001 IN BLOB DEFAULT empty-blob(),
    p_xmltype001 IN XMLTYPE DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Note:

Any character attribute exceeding 4,000 characters is truncated to 4,000 characters. Also, the number of members added is based on the number of elements in the first array.

Table 6-26 UPDATE_MEMBER Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_collection_name`	The name of the collection to update. Maximum length is 255 bytes. Collection names are not case sensitive and are converted to upper case.
`p_c001 through p_c050`	Attribute value of the member to be added. Maximum length is 4,000 bytes. Any character attribute exceeding 4,000 characters is truncated to 4,000 characters.
`p_n001 through p_n005`	Attribute value of the numeric attributes to be added or updated.
`p_d001` through `p_d005`	Attribute value of the date attributes to be added or updated.
`p_clob001`	Use p_clob001 for collection member attributes that exceed 4,000 characters.
`p_blob001`	Use p_blob001 for binary collection member attributes.
`p_xmltype001`	Use p_xmltype001 to store well-formed XML.

Example

Update the second member of the collection named 'Departments', updating the first member attribute to 'Engineering' and the second member attribute to 'Sales'.

BEGIN;
    APEX_COLLECTION.UPDATE_MEMBER (
        p_collection_name => 'Departments',
        p_seq => '2',
        p_c001 => 'Engineering',
        p_c002 => 'Sales');