Oracle: insert using select is not returning bulk collect newly inserted ids

Question

Table Name: T_record

Id(auto increment using sequence)    Name      Age
1                                    Chitta    18
2                                    Chitta1   19
3                                    Chitta2   18
4                                    Chitta3   18

I have PL/SQL procedure, which will insert records in the above table.

Insert into T_record (name, Age) 
  (select  name, age 
     from T_record 
    where Age =18) 
   returning  id bulk collect into v_newly_added_conf_input_ids;

But bulk collect is not working.

How will I get to know the ids, which are inserted newly(I want it to use the same ids in other select query)?

Answer 1

No, you wont be able to make it work that way. You can use returning (not bulk collect) clause only when insert statement uses values clause.

You can use this kind of work around to get those ids:

You first populate a collection with values you want to insert, and second use forall construct to insert the data and return ids into another collection:

/* identity column is a 12c feature. In prior versions you use 
   sequences - not the main point here. Use it just to save time.
 */   
create table t1(
  t1_id number generated as identity primary key,
  name1 varchar2(31),
  age   number
) ;

Pl/SQL Block:

declare
  /* record */
  type t_rec is record(
    name1 varchar2(32),
    age   number  -- as a side note, it's better to store 
  );              -- date of birth not the age - not that dependable.

  type t_source_list is table of t_rec;
  type t_id_list     is table of number;

  l_source_list t_source_list; -- source collection
  l_id_list     t_id_list;     -- collection we are going to put IDs into
begin

  /* data we are going to insert 
    replace this query with yours */
  select dbms_random.string('l', 7)
       , level
    bulk collect into l_source_list
   from dual
  connect by level <= 11;

  /* insert data and return IDs into l_id_list collection */
  forall i in l_source_list.first..l_source_list.last
    insert into t1(name1, age) 
       values(l_source_list(i).name1, l_source_list(i).age)
    returning t1_id bulk collect into l_id_list;

  /* print the list of new IDs. */
   for i in l_id_list.first .. l_id_list.last loop
     dbms_output.put_line('ID #' || to_char(I)||':  '||to_char(l_id_list(i)));
   end loop;  
end;
/ 

Result:

anonymous block completed
ID #1:  1
ID #2:  2
ID #3:  3
ID #4:  4
ID #5:  5
ID #6:  6
ID #7:  7
ID #8:  8
ID #9:  9
ID #10: 10
ID #11: 11