Is it possible to identify records in ref cursor without actually fetching

Question

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_miles (p_ref_cursor OUT SYS_REFCURSOR)
IS
BEGIN
OPEN p_ref_cursor FOR
select 5168 mem_uid, 16353 bac_uid, '2013-JAN-19' dte,3 no_of_pax,'AnoopM' username,NULL reward_id from dual
union select 4702 mem_uid , 16344 bac_uid, '2013-JAN-29' dte, 2 no_of_pax,'RAZO' username, NULL reward_id from dual;
END;
Hi all,
I have having a Procedure with out parameter as a REF CURSOR.
This ref cursor will be returned to the calling service.
Is there a way in oracle by which we can identify whether the Ref cursor holds data without actually fetching it.
Since if i choose to fetch the data, i will lose one row when i return the ref cursor back to the calling service. Or else is there way i can retrieve the row i lose during fetch.
Other alternative what have been suggested is create and object type ,fetch the ref cursor values in object type. Then i can use the ref cursor to return the data by table casting.
one more solution is
OPEN
FETCH
CLOSE
OPEN (AGAIN)
In reality the select statement will have is huge lines of code therefore want a suggestion whether there is an alternative to the above solution
Please suggest.

Answer 1

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_miles (p_ref_cursor OUT SYS_REFCURSOR)
IS
BEGIN
OPEN p_ref_cursor for SELECT * from DUAL;
OPEN p_ref_cursor FOR
select 5168 mem_uid, 16353 bac_uid, '2013-JAN-19' dte,3 no_of_pax,'AnoopM' username,NULL reward_id from dual
union select 4702 mem_uid , 16344 bac_uid, '2013-JAN-29' dte, 2 no_of_pax,'RAZO' username, NULL reward_id from dual;
END;
If the second cursor doesnt fetch any data then an empty dataset will be stored