Using %ROWTYPE

The %ROWTYPE attribute gives a record type which represents a row in a table (or view). The record can store the whole row of data selected from the table or fetched from a cursor or strongly typed cursor variable. In the illustration below, you declare two records. The first record stores a row selected from an emp table. The second record stores a row that is fetched from the cursor c1.

DECLARE
emp_rec emp%ROWTYPE;
CURSOR c1 IS SELECT deptno, dname, loc FROM dept;
dept_rec c1%ROWTYPE;

The Columns in a row and corresponding fields in a record have the same names and
datatypes. Though, fields in a %ROWTYPE record do not inherit the NOT NULL column constraint.
In the example below, you select column values into record emp_rec:
BEGIN
SELECT * INTO emp_rec FROM emp WHERE...