CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE anynums_pkg
IS
   TYPE numbers_t IS TABLE OF NUMBER;

   FUNCTION getvals (num_satisfies_in   IN   VARCHAR2 := NULL)
      RETURN numbers_t;
END anynums_pkg;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY anynums_pkg
IS
   PROCEDURE pl (
      str         IN   VARCHAR2,
      len         IN   INTEGER := 80,
      expand_in   IN   BOOLEAN := TRUE
   )
   IS
      v_len   PLS_INTEGER     := LEAST (len, 255);
      v_str   VARCHAR2 (2000);
   BEGIN
      IF LENGTH (str) > v_len
      THEN
         v_str := SUBSTR (str, 1, v_len);
         DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_str);
         pl (SUBSTR (str,   len
                          + 1), v_len, expand_in);
      ELSE
         v_str := str;
         DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_str);
      END IF;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
         IF expand_in
         THEN
            DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE (1000000);
            DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_str);
         ELSE
            RAISE;
         END IF;
   END;

   FUNCTION getvals (num_satisfies_in   IN   VARCHAR2 := NULL
   )
      RETURN numbers_t
   IS
      retval       numbers_t        := numbers_t ();
      l_type       anytype;
      l_typecode   PLS_INTEGER;
      l_value      NUMBER;
      l_dummy      PLS_INTEGER;
      l_filter     VARCHAR2 (32767);
      l_include    BOOLEAN;
   BEGIN
      FOR rec IN  (SELECT DATA
                     FROM wild_side)
      LOOP
         l_typecode := rec.DATA.gettype (l_type /* OUT */);

         IF l_typecode = dbms_types.typecode_number
         THEN
            l_dummy := rec.DATA.getnumber (l_value /* OUT */);
            l_include := num_satisfies_in IS NULL;

            IF NOT l_include
            THEN
               l_filter :=
                        'DECLARE l_bool BOOLEAN; BEGIN l_bool := :invalue '
                     || num_satisfies_in
                     || '; IF l_bool THEN :intval := 1; ELSE :intval := 0; END IF; END;';
               EXECUTE IMMEDIATE l_filter USING  IN l_value,  OUT l_dummy;
               l_include := l_dummy = 1;
            END IF;

            IF l_include
            THEN
               retval.EXTEND;
               retval (retval.LAST) := l_value;
            END IF;
         END IF;
      END LOOP;

      RETURN retval;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
         pl (SQLERRM);
         pl (l_filter);
         RETURN NULL;
   END;
END anynums_pkg;
/


/*======================================================================
| Supplement to the third edition of Oracle PL/SQL Programming by Steven
| Feuerstein with Bill Pribyl, Copyright (c) 1997-2002 O'Reilly &
| Associates, Inc. To submit corrections or find more code samples visit
| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/
*/