How to use bind variable

Question

Hi,
I have the below cursor 1 which is working already.For my requirement i want to use bind variable like second cursor.But its telling Bind Variable "p_col_list" is NOT DECLARED.Please any onehelp me on this.
How to use bind variable Here.
Cursor1:
DECLARE
emp_cv sys_refcursor;
iid NUMBER := 1;
i_sql varchar2(100);
p_col_list varchar2(2000) := 'aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd';
BEGIN
i_sql := 'select '''||REPLACE(p_col_list, ',', ''',''')||''' from dual '||CHR(10) ;
dbms_output.put_line(i_sql);
OPEN emp_cv FOR i_sql ;
END;
Cursor2:
DECLARE
emp_cv sys_refcursor;
iid NUMBER := 1;
i_sql varchar2(100);
p_col_list varchar2(2000) := 'aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd';
BEGIN
i_sql := 'select '''||REPLACE(:p_col_list, ',', ''',''')||''' from dual '||CHR(10) ;
dbms_output.put_line(i_sql);
OPEN emp_cv FOR i_sql using p_col_list;
END;

Answer 1

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the oracle reports team --pw