Re: PL/SQL: Is a CURSOR always Dynamic SQL ?? (pls-00455)

The syntax is open ... for <sql statement> The second time you don't supply a sql statement as parameter but a cursor.
A cursor is a handle to a sql statement, so you can't use it as parameter to another cursor.
The error you are getting is to be expected.

Hth

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA