Result set without using cursor in Oracle

Question

Hi,
I am very much new to oracle. we have a JDBC code and SQL Server procedure and which works fine. Now that we want to implement the same in Oracle also.we deceided not to change the JDBC but to change Stored Procedure and schema.
Assume for Eg there is a stored procedure in SQL Server that return a simple query from table
say
creat procedure Test
as
begin
select * from Accounts
return
end
This procedure returns all the rows in the Accounts table and corresponding java code the fetch all the rows from ResultSet.
CallableStatement cStmt = con.prepareCall("{ call test ? }" );
cStmt.setInt( 1 , id_ );
ResultSet rs = cStmt.executeQuery();
while( rs.next() )
// get all the rows
will give all the rows from the table account.
Now that we want to implement the same in Oracle.
I just want to know, does Oracle provides any way to write a pl/sql or Procedure that returns resultset not as a cursor, but i should work with existing code.
I don't want to declare like the below code
CallableStatement cStmt = con.prepareCall("{? = call BrowseAccount.getRefCursor }");
cStmt.registerOutParameter(1, OracleTypes.CURSOR);
cStmt.execute();
ResultSet rs = null;
rs = (ResultSet)cStmt.getObject(1);
while (rs.next() )
// get the resultset
If anybody have any suggestion or sample code will be really appreciated
thanks
vijay

Answer 1

This is from the Oracle JDBC FAQ at http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc_faq.htm#_51_ :
How do the JDBC drivers support Oracle REFCURSOR datatypes?
The Oracle JDBC driver supports bind variables of type REFCURSOR. A REFCURSOR is represented by a JDBC ResultSet. Use the getCursor method of the CallableStatement to convert a REFCURSOR value returned by a PL/SQL block into a ResultSet. JDBC lets you call a stored procedure that executes a query and returns a results set. Cast the corresponding CallableStatement to oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement to use the getCursor method.
Importing classes from the oracle.jdbc.driver package makes programs more readable. Here is a simple example. The samples subdirectory of the distribution has additional examples.
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;
CallableStatement cstmt;
ResultSet cursor;
// Use a PL/SQL block to open the cursor
cstmt = conn.prepareCall
("begin open ? for select ename from emp; end;");
cstmt.registerOutParameter (1, OracleTypes.CURSOR);
cstmt.execute ();
cursor = ((OracleCallableStatement)cstmt).getCursor (1);
// Use the cursor like a normal ResultSet
while (cursor.next ())
{System.out.println (cursor.getString (1));}