If you are (or will be) using 9i,
straight from the manual ....
<manual>
Inserting Records into the Database
A new PL/SQL-only extension of the INSERT statement lets you insert records
into database rows using a single variable of type RECORD or %ROWTYPE
instead of a list of fields. That makes your code more readable and
maintainable. The record type cannot be nested. Also, the number of fields
in the record must equal the number of columns listed in the INTO clause,
and corresponding fields and columns must have compatible datatypes. An
example follows:
DECLARE
TYPE EmpRec IS RECORD (
emp_id NUMBER(4),
job_title VARCHAR2(9),
salary NUMBER(7,2));
emp_info EmpRec;
BEGIN
emp_info.emp_id := 7975;
emp_info.job_title := 'CLERK';
emp_info.salary := 1500;
INSERT INTO emp (empno, job, sal) VALUES (emp_info);
END;
In the example below, you use a %ROWTYPE record. A column list is not needed
because the record contains a field for each column in the database table.
DECLARE
dept_info dept%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
dept_info.dept_num := 70;
dept_info.dept_name := 'PERSONNEL';
dept_info.location := 'DALLAS';
INSERT INTO dept VALUES (dept_info);
END;
</manual>
HTH
Raj
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