It is not possible to iterate over associative arrays with a non-numeric index with a FOR loop. The solution above works fine.
-- for-each key in (associative-array) loop ...
declare
type items_type is table of varchar2(32) index by varchar2(32);
items items_type;
begin
items('10') := 'item 10';
items('20') := 'item 20';
items('30') := 'item 30';
dbms_output.put_line('items=' || items.count);
<<for_each>> declare key varchar2(32); begin loop
key := case when key is null then items.first else items.next(key) end;
exit when key is null;
dbms_output.put_line('item(' || key || ')=' || items(key));
--do something with an item
end loop; end for_each;
end;
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