Func returns Cursor problems from JDBC

Question

I'm wanting to hide implementation behind a function and call from JDBC / SQL
select a,b,c from tbl where d in ( myFunc ( ? ) )
My function is:
FUNCTION F_GET_DEPTS
  ( sup_cuid IN varchar2 )
  RETURN  sys_refcursor IS
my_depts sys_refcursor;
BEGIN
    open my_depts for select dept_id from department where lead_cuid = sup_cuid;
    return my_depts;
END;I test from sql navigator:
select * from f_get_depts( 'mm9546' )
or
select f_get_depts( 'mm9546' ) from dual
both fail with different error messages.
Thanks for help
curt

Answer 1

Procedure Ref_Types_Getall (p_recordset     OUT          PKG.cursor_type,
p_error_code      OUT      Number) is
Begin
p_error_code:=ERR_OK;
If Not p_recordset%ISOPEN then
     open p_recordset for Select * from COM_ASS_REFERENCE_TYPES_TAB where Upper(user_edit)='Y' order by description;
End if;
Exception when others then
p_error_code:=ERR_ORA;
End Ref_types_getall;
the above procedure returns a ref cursors, if u need to use this in SQL plus
u should declare a variable like this..
var c refcursor,
var ecode number;
and then execute like this
exec Ref_types_getall(:c,:ecode)
after it executes, type
print c
the above print stmt will print the resultset
print ecode
this will print the error code if any has been set
HTH
Srini