Display result from loop tables (oracle, pl/sql) - sql

Question

I'm try to loop some tables and run select as below:
set serveroutput on
declare
type tables_names is table of varchar2(30);
type selectTable is table of varchar2(30);
tName tables_names;
sTableName selectTable;
begin;
tName := tables_names('PERIOD','SETTING','RAP','LOG');
sTableName := selectTable('m_table1','m_table2','m_table3','m_table4','m_table5');
for i in 1..tName.count loop
for j in 1..sTableName.count loop
select col10, count(*) from user.sTableName(j)
where table_name = tName(i) group by col10;
end loop;
end loop;
end;
I got error:PL/SQL: ORA-00933.
Can you please tell me how can I correctly run PL/SQL procedure to have displayed result from my select?
UPDATE: looking result
Normally, to get this I need to run below select's:
select column_name,
count(*) as countColumn
from user.m_table1 where table_name = 'PERIOD' group by column_name;
select column_name,
count(*) as countColumn
from user.m_table2 where table_name = 'PERIOD' group by column_name;

Answer 1

Oracle complains (ORA-00933) that command isn't properly ended. That's probably because of a semi-colon behind the BEGIN; also, you lack the INTO clause.
I'm not sure what PERIOD, SETTING, ... are opposed to m_table1, m_table2, ... Which ones of those are table names? What are those other values, then?
Anyway: here's an example which shows how to do something like that - counting rows from tables. Try to adjust it to your situation, or - possibly - add some more info so that we'd know what you are doing.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> declare
2 tname sys.odcivarchar2list := sys.odcivarchar2list();
3 l_cnt number;
4 l_str varchar2(200);
5 begin
6 tname := sys.odcivarchar2list('EMP', 'DEPT');
7
8 for i in 1 .. tname.count loop
9 l_str := 'select count(*) from ' || tname(i);
10 execute immediate l_str into l_cnt;
11 dbms_output.put_line(tname(i) ||': '|| l_cnt);
12 end loop;
13 end;
14 /
EMP: 14
DEPT: 4
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
[EDIT: added GROUP BY option]
Here you go; as EMP and DEPT share the DEPTNO column, I chose it for a GROUP BY column.
SQL> declare
2 tname sys.odcivarchar2list := sys.odcivarchar2list();
3 type t_job is record (deptno varchar2(20), cnt number);
4 type t_tjob is table of t_job;
5 l_tjob t_tjob := t_tjob();
6 l_str varchar2(200);
7 begin
8 tname := sys.odcivarchar2list('EMP', 'DEPT');
9
10 for i in 1 .. tname.count loop
11 l_str := 'select deptno, count(*) from ' || tname(i) ||' group by deptno';
12 execute immediate l_str bulk collect into l_tjob;
13
14 for j in l_tjob.first .. l_tjob.last loop
15 dbms_output.put_Line('Table ' || tname(i) || ': Deptno ' || l_tjob(j).deptno||
16 ': number of rows = '|| l_tjob(j).cnt);
17 end loop;
18
19 end loop;
20 end;
21 /
Table EMP: Deptno 30: number of rows = 6
Table EMP: Deptno 20: number of rows = 5
Table EMP: Deptno 10: number of rows = 3
Table DEPT: Deptno 10: number of rows = 1
Table DEPT: Deptno 20: number of rows = 1
Table DEPT: Deptno 30: number of rows = 1
Table DEPT: Deptno 40: number of rows = 1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>

Answer 2

You are probably looking for something like this. Note that you can't run a simple select statement inside a PL/SQL without INTO clause. use a refcursor and DBMS_SQL.RETURN_RESULT
DECLARE
TYPE tables_names IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2 (30);
TYPE selectTable IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2 (30);
tName tables_names;
sTableName selectTable;
rc SYS_REFCURSOR;
BEGIN
tName :=
tables_names ('PERIOD',
'SETTING',
'RAP',
'LOG');
sTableName :=
selectTable ('m_table1',
'm_table2',
'm_table3',
'm_table4',
'm_table5');
FOR i IN 1 .. tName.COUNT
LOOP
FOR j IN 1 .. sTableName.COUNT
LOOP
OPEN rc FOR
'select col10, count(*) from '||USER||'.'
|| sTableName (j)
|| ' where table_name = '''
|| tName (i)
|| ''' group by col10';
DBMS_SQL.RETURN_RESULT (rc);
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
END;
/