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Use cursor to store the row count

SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer ( 2 id NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY, 3 first_name VARCHAR2(20), 4 last_name VARCHAR2(20), 5 major VARCHAR2(30), 6 current_credits NUMBER(3) 7 ); Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10001, 'Scott', 'Lawson','Computer Science', 11); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits) 2 VALUES (10002, 'Mar', 'Wells','History', 4); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10003, 'Jone', 'Bliss','Computer Science', 8); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10004, 'Man', 'Kyte','Economics', 8); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10005, 'Pat', 'Poll','History', 4); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10006, 'Tim', 'Viper','History', 4); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10007, 'Barbara', 'Blues','Economics', 7); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10008, 'David', 'Large','Music', 4); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10009, 'Chris', 'Elegant','Nutrition', 8); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10010, 'Rose', 'Bond','Music', 7); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10011, 'Rita', 'Johnson','Nutrition', 8); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits) 2 VALUES (10012, 'Sharon', 'Clear','Computer Science', 3); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> declare 2 l_emp_count number; 3 i number; -- We will use this as our counter 4 5 CURSOR cursorValue IS 6 select count(*) 7 from lecturer; 8 begin 9 OPEN cursorValue; 10 FETCH cursorValue INTO l_emp_count; 11 12 FOR i IN 1 .. l_emp_count LOOP 13 dbms_output.put_line('Employee ' || i); 14 END LOOP; 15 16 CLOSE cursorValue; 17 end; 18 / Employee 1 Employee 2 Employee 3 Employee 4 Employee 5 Employee 6 Employee 7 Employee 8 Employee 9 Employee 10 Employee 11 Employee 12 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> drop table lecturer; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL>