URGENT : Return Bulk data from Stored Procedure

Question

Hi,
Tell me, how do I return a bulk of data which
does not exist in the data base
but is concluded while the Stored Procedure is executed
from the Stored procedure
to the C++ program.
For Example:
Table ABC
Field1 Field2 Field3
A 1 3
B 1 5
C 2 10
Table DEF
Field1 Field2 Field3
D 10 24
E 3 16
F 8 19
SP_TESTING
Depending on the values in both the tables
for some range of conditions,
a conclusion X is derived for each range value of the
condition range.
Now I need to return this bulk of data X with the
condition they belong to
back to the C++ code calling it....
NOTE : A stored procedure is requited as there is a lot
of processing
required before we conclude the result X for each value
in the condition range.
If I execute this code from C++ instead of Stored
procedure
it is very slow and speed is a prime requirement of my
system.
Also i'm not using any MFC class to access database.
I'm using ConnectionPtr, RecordsetPtr and _CommandPtr
from msado15.dll for database access...
One solution to this could be use of Temp tables.
As this process is used by a lot of different stored
procedures having a common
temp table to all will need something like 50 NUMERIC
fields, 50 VARCHAR fields
and so on, which doesn't seem like a very good solution
to this problem.
Sounds like something I would have done while in school,
implement a dumb solution.
So, please suggest me a solution as to how do I return
bulk data in the form
of recordsets from stored procedure.
Regards
Shruti

Answer 1

Use Out parameter mode
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE procedure a1 (x  OUT NUMBER, y  OUT NUMBER) AS
  2  BEGIN
  3        x:= 1;
  4        y:= 2;
  5  END;
  6  .
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SQL> DECLARE
  2   a NUMBER :=3;
  3   b NUMBER :=4;
  4  BEGIN
  5   a1 (a,b);
  6      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'a = ' || a );
  7      dbms_output.put_line( 'b = ' || b );
  8  END;
  9  .
SQL> /
a = 1
b = 2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.By default parameters are copied to the OUT parameter mode .
COPY hint in PLSQL don’t send a pointer to calling program unit but NOCOPY
does.
Khurram