From StreeLA2@HPD.Abbott.com Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:35:05 -0700 From: "Streeter, Lerone A LBX" Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 12:35:05 -0700 Subject: RE: Help - How to declare a cursor inside a FOR ... LOOP ? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain i speak from ignorance, isn't there implicit and explicit cursor declarations and usage?  can't you encapsulate that section you have identified in a loop and it will implicitly opens a cursor?  then all you have to do is manipulate as needed to generate desired results...   ===========================================Lerone StreeterSystem AnalystAbbott LBGStreeLA2@hpd.abbott.com=========================================== -----Original Message-----From: Dasko, Dan [mailto:Dan.Dasko@cdicorp.com]Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:41 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Help - How to declare a cursor inside a FOR ... LOOP ? You can't.  It appears that you want to select all the detailed text extries related to a specific problem.  You could define a cursor that selects all the detailed entries, or you could read all the detailed entries into a pl/sql table and then search through them.  If you use the cursor, then you have to reopen the cursor for each new problem.   Dan -----Original Message-----From: Wendy Y [mailto:lannyue@yahoo.com]Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:51 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Help - How to declare a cursor inside a FOR ... LOOP ? Hey, Guys: I need to decalre a cursor inside a FOR .. LOOP, because the variables in SELECT statement for the CURSOR are coming from FOR .. LOOP. How could I do this? DECLARE  V_AKTIV_NR    aktiv.AKTIV_NR%TYPE;  V_PROBLEM    aktiv.PROBLEM%TYPE;  V_ENDDAT   aktiv.ENDDAT%TYPE;  V_ENDUHR   aktiv.ENDUHR%TYPE;  V_AUSSAGEW   aktiv.AUSSAGEW%TYPE;  V_LANGTEXT   aktiv.LANGTEXT%TYPE;  V_LONGTEXT    VARCHAR2(20000);  V_LONGTEXT_CUR  VARCHAR2(13000);  V_LONGTEXT_TRIM VARCHAR2(2000);  p_PROBLEM    PROBLEM.PROBLEM%TYPE;  ############# This part need to be inside FOR.. LOOP, otherwise, I wouldn't get anything.     CURSOR AKLangTextCur IS  SELECT  TO_CHAR(V_ENDDAT, 'YYYYMMDD')||' '||   V_ENDUHR||' '||  rtrim(V_AUSSAGEW)||' '||  rtrim(V_LANGTEXT)   thisText        FROM AKTIV        WHERE V_PROBLEM = p_PROBLEM        ORDER BY Aktiv_NR;     AKLangTextRec   AKLangTextCur%ROWTYPE;     ################################### AboveBEGIN  FOR v_LoopIndex IN 1..pkgFreeText.v_NumEntries LOOP    V_AKTIV_NR := pkgFreeText.V_AKTIV_NR_P(v_LoopIndex);    V_PROBLEM  := pkgFreeText.V_PROBLEM_P(v_LoopIndex);    V_ENDDAT   := pkgFreeText.V_ENDDAT_P(v_LoopIndex);    V_ENDUHR   := pkgFreeText.V_ENDUHR_P(v_LoopIndex);    V_AUSSAGEW := pkgFreeText.V_AUSSAGEW_P(v_LoopIndex);    V_LANGTEXT := pkgFreeText.V_LANGTEXT_P(v_LoopIndex);   SELECT PROBLEM INTO p_PROBLEM FROM PROBLEM; ########## CURSOR DECLARE should be HERE ##########     BEGIN     OPEN AKLangTextCur;          LOOP            FETCH AKLangTextCur into AKLangTextRec;             EXIT WHEN AKLangTextCur%NOTFOUND;            V_LONGTEXT_CUR := V_LONGTEXT_CUR ||AKLangTextRec.thisText;                          END LOOP;     CLOSE AKLangTextCur;    END;                    V_LONGTEXT := V_LONGTEXT || V_LONGTEXT_CUR;     END LOOP;   V_LONGTEXT_TRIM := RTRIM(V_LONGTEXT, 2000); Thanks a lot for help Wendy Do You Yahoo!?Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. _____________________________________________________________________This e-mail message has been scanned for the presence of all known computer viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Control Center. However, it is still recommended that you use local virus scanning software to monitor for the presence of viruses.