Re: RE: what pl/sql construct can return multiple rows?

Hi Bill I have written your procedure as below. How to execute it  from SQL> prompt. I am geting problem when I say SQL> exec demo_ref(2).

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 13:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'DEMO_REF'
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored

What should I pass as the first parameter.

Amol

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>Lots of examples avlbl from Concepts manual; also pl check
>asktom.com
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>Step 1) Declare a ref cursor inside a package
>
>CREATE PACKAGE APACK AS
> TYPE RefCurTyp IS REF CURSOR;
>END APACK;
>
>Step 2) Employ the ref curosr IN OUT variable inside the
>procedure..note
>that the cursor is opened but not fetched..
>
>PROCEDURE demo_ref (
> refcurvar IN OUT RefCurTyp,
> choice NUMBER) IS
> BEGIN
> IF choice = 1 THEN
> OPEN refcurvar FOR SELECT * FROM emp;
> ELSIF choice = 2 THEN
> OPEN refcurvar FOR SELECT * FROM dept;
> ELSIF choice = 3 THEN
> OPEN refcurvar FOR SELECT * FROM sal;
> END IF;
>END demo_ref;
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