Re: Simple question on Oracle stored procedure/function---HELP!!

A copy of this was sent to "Dana Jian" <djian_at_trasa.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:05:11 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm a new user of PL/SQL in Oracle8, I have two questions as following:
>
>1) Can function in Oracle server return more than one value? how?
>
>I was trying to use OUT type of parameters in a function on the Oracle
>server, but I got NULL(VB program as front-end) returned from that function.
>
>Anyone knows the reason?
>

that'll be a bug in the way you bound to the procedure/function. the way to return >1 value from a function/procedure is to use IN OUT or OUT parameter and bind to them.

>2) Can function in Oracle server return a recordset--multiple rows with
>multiple columns? How??
>

yes, it is called a ref cursor. see the HOWTO return result sets located at the URL in my signature below.

>I really appreciate the help!!!
>
>Dana Jian
>dan_jian_at_hotmail.com
>

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Sat Dec 04 1999 - 07:48:24 CST