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A copy of this was sent to Bob Laidig <blaidig_at_netpub.com>
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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:23:10 -0700, you wrote:
>In my program environment, Netscape LiveWire, I get result sets from my
>querys through in out parameters of my stored procedures. The in out
>parameter must be a cursor ref.
>
>When I create a dynmic SQL statement using DBMS_SQL.OPEN_CURSOR I get an
>INTEGER handler to my cursor. How can I get a cursor ref from that so I
>can use it in my programming environment?
>
>I'm using Oracle 7.3
>
>Bob
>blaidig_at_netpub.com
Sorry, until version 8.1 (8i) you cannot dynamically create a pl/sql block using pl/sql to open a ref cursor (ref cursors must be statically known at compile time).
In short, currently you cannot dynamically build the query to be associated with a ref cursor unless you are using OCI.
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries
Reston, VA USA
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