CREATE TYPE nums_list AS TABLE OF NUMBER;
What is maximum possible rows count in oracle's nested table ?
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CREATE TYPE nums_list AS TABLE OF NUMBER;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION generate_series(from_n NUMBER, to_n NUMBER)
RETURN nums_list AS
ret_table nums_list := nums_list();
BEGIN
FOR i IN from_n..to_n LOOP
ret_table.EXTEND;
ret_table(i) := i;
END LOOP;
RETURN ret_table;
END;
SELECT count(*) FROM TABLE ( generate_series(1,4555555) );
This gives error: ORA-22813 operand value exceeds system limits, Object or Collection value was too large
The range of subscripts for a nested table is 1..2**31 so you can have 2**31 elements in the collection. That limit hasn't changed since at least 8.1.6 though, of course, it might change in the future.