Issue with returning bulk collect . The code is thowing error - plsql

Question

Error while executing below code. Unable to figure out the issue?
Seems like the Variable V1 is unable to hold too many values
SQL> declare
2 type T1 is table of employee%rowtype index by binary_integer;
3 V1 T1;
4 begin
5 update employee set salary=salary+500
6 where DESCRIPTION ='Tester'
7 returning first_name,last_name,salary,description
8 bulk collect into V1;
9 dbms_output.put_line ('updated # of Tester are : ' ||sql%rowcount);
10
11 for i in V1.FIRST .. V1.LAST
12 loop
13 dbms_output.put_line (V1(i).first_name || ' ' ||
14 V1(i).last_name || ' ' ||
15 V1(i).salary || ' ' ||
16 V1(i).description );
17 end loop;
18 end;
19 /
bulk collect into V1;
*
ERROR at line 8:
ORA-06550: line 8, column 21:
PL/SQL: ORA-00913: too many values
ORA-06550: line 5, column 1:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored

Answer 1

I would love it if we could do what you're suggesting.
You're returning 4 columns, so you must specify 4 targets; unfortunately this means you'll need 4 arrays, not a single array of records.
declare
type first_names_t is table of employee.first_name%type index by binary_integer;
type last_names_t is table of employee.last_name%type index by binary_integer;
type salaries_t is table of employee.salary%type index by binary_integer;
type descriptions_t is table of employee.description%type index by binary_integer;
first_names first_names_t;
last_names last_names_t;
salaries salaries_t;
descriptions descriptions_t;
begin
update employee set salary=salary+500
where DESCRIPTION ='Tester'
returning first_name,last_name,salary,description
bulk collect into first_names,last_names,salaries,descriptions;
...