How to sort an associative array in PL/SQL?

Question

I have an associative array like this:

continent_population(\'Australia\') := 30;
continent_population(\'Antarctica\') := 90;
continent_population(\'UK\') :=         


        

Answer 1

The accepted answer is outdated. Since Oracle 12c, querying associative arrays using the TABLE operator is possible, as long as the type is declared in a package spec: https://galobalda.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/new-in-oracle-12c-querying-an-associative-array-in-plsql-programs/

You can sort an associative array by values, and you don't have to convert the data: Sorting an index-by table (associative array)