Sorting records dynamically in REF cursor, based upon a dynamic field

Hi,
I have a REF CURSOR built by using row type, table type and PIPELINE function. I have opened the ref cursor now. I would like to update a field called 'RANK' based upon 'RATIO' field in the REF CURSOR. i.e order the records in the ref cursor by RATIO field and then update the RANK as 1, 2, 3, 4, ....
Aim: I want to update a field in the REF CURSOR based upon another numeric field.
Please help me.
OPEN sales FOR
SELECT RANK, ratio
FROM TABLE (fngetfundholdingsale (in_primarykey, in_flag));
loop
fetch sales into sale1;
exit when sales%notfound;
--I want to update sale1.rank based upon ratio
end loop;
Thanks
Ashok

Try to use NDS (Native Dynamic SQL):
l_order := 'ratio';
OPEN sales FOR
'SELECT rank' ||
' FROM TABLE (fngetfundholdingsale (:in_primarykey, :in_flag))' ||
' ORDER BY ' || l_order
USING in_primarykey, in_flag;Regards,
Zlatko

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