Get resultset from oracle stored procedure

In SQL Plus:

SQL> create procedure myproc (prc out sys_refcursor)  2  is  3  begin  4     open prc for select * from emp;  5  end;  6  /Procedure created.SQL> var rc refcursorSQL> execute myproc(:rc)PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.SQL> print rc     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE           SAL       COMM     DEPTNO---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-1981       4999                    10      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-1981       2849                    30      7782 CLARKE     MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-1981       2449                    10      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-1981       2974                    20      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 09-DEC-1982       2999                    20      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-1981       2999                    20      7369 SMITHY     CLERK           7902 17-DEC-1980       9988         11         20      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-1981       1599       3009         30      7521 WARDS      SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-1981       1249        551         30      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-1981       1249       1400         30      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-1981       1499          0         30      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 12-JAN-1983       1099                    20      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-1981        949                    30      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-1982       1299                    10      6668 Umberto    CLERK           7566 11-JUN-2009      19999          0         10      9567 ALLBRIGHT  ANALYST         7788 02-JUN-2009      76999         24         10

Oracle is not sql server. Try the following in SQL Developer

variable rc refcursor;exec testproc(:rc2);print rc2

My solution was to create a pipelined function. The advantages are that the query can be a single line:

• select * from table(yourfunction(param1, param2));
• You can join your results to other tables or filter or sort them as you please..
• the results appear as regular query results so you can easily manipulate them.

To define the function you would need to do something like the following:

  -- Declare the record columns  TYPE your_record IS RECORD(     my_col1 VARCHAR2(50),      my_col2 varchar2(4000)  );  TYPE your_results IS TABLE OF your_record;  -- Declare the function  function yourfunction(a_Param1 varchar2, a_Param2 varchar2)  return your_results pipelined is    rt          your_results;  begin    -- Your query to load the table type    select s.col1,s.col2    bulk collect into rt    from your_table s    where lower(s.col1) like lower('%'||a_Param1||'%');    -- Stuff the results into the pipeline..    if rt.count > 0 then       for i in rt.FIRST .. rt.LAST loop         pipe row (rt(i));       end loop;     end if;    -- Add more results as you please....    return;  end find;

And as mentioned above, all you would do to view your results is:

select * from table(yourfunction(param1, param2)) t order by t.my_col1;