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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 01:46:34 GMT, you wrote:
>In MS SQL Server it is possible to write a stored procedure that consists of
>a SELECT statement that returns multiple rows.
>
>Is this possible in Oracle 7.3x?
>
>Thanks,
>Scott
n short, it'll look like this:
create or replace function sp_ListEmp return types.cursortype as
l_cursor types.cursorType;
begin
open l_cursor for select ename, empno from emp order by ename;
return l_cursor;
end;
/
With 7.2 on up of the database you have cursor variables. Cursor variables are cursors opened by a pl/sql routine and fetched from by another application or pl/sql routine (in 7.3 pl/sql routines can fetch from cursor variables as well as open them). The cursor variables are opened with the privelegs of the owner of the procedure and behave just like they were completely contained within the pl/sql routine. It uses the inputs to decide what database it will run a query on.
Here is an example:
create or replace package types
as
type cursorType is ref cursor;
end;
/
create or replace function sp_ListEmp return types.cursortype as
l_cursor types.cursorType;
begin
open l_cursor for select ename, empno from emp order by ename;
return l_cursor;
end;
/
REM SQL*Plus commands to use a cursor variable
variable c refcursor
exec :c := sp_ListEmp
print c
and the Pro*c to use this would look like:
static void process()
{
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
SQL_CURSOR my_cursor;
VARCHAR ename[40]; int empno;
EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :my_cursor;
EXEC SQL EXECUTE BEGIN
:my_cursor := sp_listEmp;
END; END-EXEC;
for( ;; )
{
EXEC SQL WHENEVER NOTFOUND DO break; EXEC SQL FETCH :my_cursor INTO :ename, empno; printf( "'%.*s', %d\n", ename.len, ename.arr, empno );}
Thomas Kyte
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