Unit Test Validation for Output Ref Cursor Not Working

Question

Here is the problem:
I have a stored procedure as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE
PROCEDURE usp_GetEmployee(
p_employeeId IN NUMBER,
cv_employee OUT Sys_RefCursor )
AS
BEGIN
OPEN cv_employee FOR SELECT * FROM employees WHERE employee_id=p_employeeid;
END usp_GetEmployee;
For this, I am implementing a unit test.
* In the "Select Parameters" step, I am unchecking the "Test Result" check box for the cursor OUT variable.
* In the "Specify Validations" step, I am choosing "Boolean Function" and putting the following PL/SQL code:
DECLARE
emp_rec {cv_employee$}%rowtype;
BEGIN
FETCH {cv_employee$} INTO emp_rec;
IF {cv_employee$}%FOUND THEN
RETURN TRUE;
ELSE
RETURN FALSE;
END IF;
RETURN TRUE;
END;
But, when I try to execute this Test, I get the following error:
Validation Boolean function failed: Unable to convert <oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleResultSetImpl@4f0617> to REF CURSOR.
If I run in the debug mode, I get the following content in a dialog box:
The following procedure was run.
Execution Call
BEGIN
"ARCADMIN"."USP_GETEMPLOYEE"(P_EMPLOYEEID=>:1,
CV_EMPLOYEE=>:2);
END;
Bind variables used
:1 NUMBER IN 1001
:2 REF CURSOR OUT (null)
Execution Results
ERROR
CV_EMPLOYEE : Expected: [Any value because apply check was cleared], Received: [EMPLOYEE_ID                             COMMISSION_PCT                          SALARY                                 
1001                                    0.2                                     8400                                   
Validation Boolean function failed: Unable to convert <oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleResultSetImpl@31dba0> to REF CURSOR.
Please suggest how to handle this issue.
Thanks,
Rahul

Answer 1

979635 wrote:
But, when I try to execute this Test, I get the following error:
Validation Boolean function failed: Unable to convert <oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleResultSetImpl@4f0617> to REF CURSOR.
If I run in the debug mode, I get the following content in a dialog box:
The following procedure was run.
Execution Call
BEGIN
"ARCADMIN"."USP_GETEMPLOYEE"(P_EMPLOYEEID=>:1,
CV_EMPLOYEE=>:2);
END;
Bind variables used
:1 NUMBER IN 1001
:2 REF CURSOR OUT (null)
Try explicity declaring the ref cursor instead of using a bind variable, something like (untested)
begin
  foo sys_refcurosr;
begin
  test_procedure(foo);
end;Alternately, in SQL*PLUS use the DEFINE command to ste a named bind variable to type REFCURSOR and use the named bind variable in your test
Edited by: riedelme on Jan 23, 2013 7:10 AM