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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 22:18:20 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a select statement that I execute from the OCI -based client.
>Rather then building "select * from dual" (real select is lot more
>complex than that - about 30 lines )
>in the client, I'd like to put it in procedure and call the procedure
>from the client. That will allow me to change logic in select without
>updating client programs.
>How can I create a procedure for that? If I can not, what would be an
>alternative?
>In sybase or MSSQL I could do the following:
>create proc A_Proc as select * from dual;
>In oracle I get an error: "INTO is required for this select statement"
>What would be the way to do it in Oracle?
>
>Alex
see the web site in my URL and read the HOWTO on returning result sets from stored procedures. The feature you are looking for is called a ref cursor.
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