Re: Accessing a cursor using dynamic SQL

mikeg13_at_gmail.com wrote:
> I am creating dynamic SQL, from the ALL_TAB_COLS table, and the output
> is unknown until runtime. My SELECT statement may select 4 columns, 20
> columns, or 200. Once I have built this SQL, how can I run it into a
> cursor? How do I define that cursor?

This is the definition of a bad idea. You have decided on a technology you don't know how to implement to solve a business problem that you don't state in a version of the database that is a secret.

What is the business case?

Sorry to be harsh but this has unscalable and bad performance written all over it.

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