Cursor Variable Arguments

Question

Migration Workbench Ver 1.2.2 has migrated an SQL Server 6.5
strored procedure as a package containing only the Cursor
variable and a procedure with INOUT parameter with packaged
cusorvariable as one of the parameters to Oracle 8.0.5.
How do you execute this procedure from SQL + and from another
PL/SQL block where you have to retrive the data elements of the
cursor.(ie.How do you input the cursor variable parameter in the
EXECUTE stored procedure command.)An example of the type is
appreciated.
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Answer 1

Surendra,
Using refcursors between procedures is covered in the 'Wrong
number or types of argument in call to stored proc' 4 jun thread,
with reference to the manuals.
Using refcursor bind variables is covered in the sqlplus user
guide and reference reproduced below (from the 8.1.5 version,
also in 8.0.5) available on line on OTN.
Hope that helps,
Turloch
Oracle Migration Workbench Team
Using REFCURSOR Bind Variables
SQL*Plus REFCURSOR bind variables allow SQL*Plus to fetch and
format the results of a SELECT statement contained in a PL/SQL
block.
REFCURSOR bind variables can also be used to reference PL/SQL
cursor variables in stored procedures. This allows you to store
SELECT statements in the database and reference them from
SQL*Plus.
A REFCURSOR bind variable can also be returned from a stored
function.
Note:
You must have Oracle7, Release 7.3 or above to assign
the return value of a stored function to a
REFCURSOR variable.
Example 3-18 Creating, Referencing, and Displaying REFCURSOR Bind
Variables
To create, reference and display a REFCURSOR bind variable, first
declare a local bind variable of the REFCURSOR datatype
SQL> VARIABLE dept_sel REFCURSOR
Next, enter a PL/SQL block that uses the bind variable in an OPEN
... FOR SELECT statement. This statement opens a cursor variable
and executes a query. See the PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference
for information on the OPEN command and cursor variables.
In this example we are binding the SQL*Plus dept_sel bind
variable to the cursor variable.
SQL> BEGIN
2 OPEN :dept_sel FOR SELECT * FROM DEPT;
3 END;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
The results from the SELECT statement can now be displayed in
SQL*Plus with the PRINT command.
SQL> PRINT dept_sel
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
The PRINT statement also closes the cursor. To reprint the
results, the PL/SQL block must be executed again before using
PRINT.
Example 3-19 Using REFCURSOR Variables in Stored Procedures
A REFCURSOR bind variable is passed as a parameter to a
procedure. The parameter has a REF CURSOR type. First, define the
type.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE cv_types AS
2 TYPE DeptCurTyp is REF CURSOR RETURN dept%ROWTYPE;
3 END cv_types;
4 /
Package created.
Next, create the stored procedure containing an OPEN ... FOR
SELECT statement.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE dept_rpt
2 (dept_cv IN OUT cv_types.DeptCurTyp) AS
3 BEGIN
4 OPEN dept_cv FOR SELECT * FROM DEPT;
5 END;
6 /
Procedure successfully completed.
Execute the procedure with a SQL*Plus bind variable as the
parameter.
SQL> VARIABLE odcv REFCURSOR
SQL> EXECUTE dept_rpt(:odcv)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Now print the bind variable.
SQL> PRINT odcv
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
The procedure can be executed multiple times using the same or a
different REFCURSOR bind variable.
SQL> VARIABLE pcv REFCURSOR
SQL> EXECUTE dept_rpt(:pcv)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> PRINT pcv
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
Example 3-20 Using REFCURSOR Variables in Stored Functions
Create a stored function containing an OPEN ... FOR SELECT
statement:
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION dept_fn RETURN -
cv_types.DeptCurTyp IS2 resultset cv_types.DeptCurTyp;
3 BEGIN
4 OPEN resultset FOR SELECT * FROM DEPT;
5 RETURN(resultset);
6 END;
7 /
Function created.
Execute the function.
SQL> VARIABLE rc REFCURSOR
SQL> EXECUTE :rc := dept_fn
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Now print the bind variable.
SQL> PRINT rc
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
4 rows selected
The function can be executed multiple times using the same or a
different REFCURSOR bind variable.
SQL> EXECUTE :rc := dept_fn
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> PRINT rc
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
Surendra Kumar (guest) wrote:
: Migration Workbench Ver 1.2.2 has migrated an SQL Server 6.5
: strored procedure as a package containing only the Cursor
: variable and a procedure with INOUT parameter with packaged
: cusorvariable as one of the parameters to Oracle 8.0.5.
: How do you execute this procedure from SQL + and from
another
: PL/SQL block where you have to retrive the data elements of the
: cursor.(ie.How do you input the cursor variable parameter in
the
: EXECUTE stored procedure command.)An example of the type is
: appreciated.
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