Execute immediate call causes 'variable not in select list' error

Question

Execute immediate call causes 'variable not in select list' error

hi there, i'm practicing with collections and execute immediate by combining them in plsql and have the following code:

set serveroutput on;
declare
  type TTabList  is table of table1%rowtype index by pls_integer;
  vtabList       TTabList;
  vstrQuery      varchar2(32000);
  vNum           number(10)     := 100;
  vStrs          varchar2(100)  := '''45'',''11'',''20'',''71''';
begin
  dbms_output.enable;
  vstrQuery := 'select field1
                  from table1
                 where field1 =   '|| vNum ||'
                   and field2 in ('|| vStrs ||')';

  execute immediate vstrQuery bulk collect into vtabList;  

  if vtabList.count = 0 then
    dbms_output.put_line('nothing to show!');
  else
    while vtabList.count > 0 loop
      for i in vtabList.first .. vtabList.last loop
        dbms_output.put_line('we have: '|| vtabList(i).field1);
      end loop;
      vtabList.delete;
    end loop;
  end if;
end;

But its results following error which i can't resolve:

Error report - 
ORA-01007: variable not in select list
ORA-06512: at line 14
01007. 00000 -  "variable not in select list"
*Cause:    
*Action:

Any ideas to fix this?

Answer 1

As mustaccio pointed out, types must be the same. You either have to change TTabList definition to be collection of just one field (see example below), or select : vstrQuery := 'select * ... Everything else should work after fixing misprint with rowrype (should be rowtype) . For instance, if you prefer to select just field1, you can do

set serveroutput on;
declare
  type TAB1_FIELD1 IS RECORD (field1 table1.field1%type);
  type TTabList  is table of TAB1_FIELD1 index by pls_integer;
  vtabList       TTabList;
  vstrQuery      varchar2(32000);
  vNum           number(10)     := 100;
  vStrs          varchar2(100)  := '''45'',''11'',''20'',''71''';
begin
  dbms_output.enable;
  vstrQuery := 'select field1
                  from table1
                 where field1 =   '|| vNum ||'
                   and field2 in ('|| vStrs ||')';

  --works fine with collections (at least starting from 10g) 
  execute immediate vstrQuery bulk collect into vtabList; 

  ....