do you want to execute a dynamic query from a proc where the user passes in
some parameter
values (check out the DBMS_SQL package), or just a proc that spits out an
SQL?
Can a LONG be used as an OUT parameter for a proc? If so, then you should
be able to do it that way, no?
--
Corey Lawson
clawson_at_bogusucsd.edu
(remove the 'bogus', as it's my feeble attempt
to defeat spammer address suckers)
Marvin wrote in message <7tiufb$7s9$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>In ORACLE can a stored procedure be created such that
>it returns a query. That is, basically instead of a stored procedure
>that does INSERTS, UPDATES or DELETES , What I want is really a stored
>query, a SELECT with a really ugly WHERE caluse that I can pass
>parameters into. What I don't know is how to get a hold of a query
>result and pass it back to the caller. Is a stored function that
>returns a cursor a possibility? Even then how do I throw the cursor
>back to the issuer of the query?
>
>Help me SQL gods, your my only hope
>
>--
>Marvin
>
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Received on Thu Oct 07 1999 - 16:20:30 CDT
