sys-refcursor

Taking the example shown in Oracle Forums: Generating excel(xls) using plsql , i would like to generate an excel file from a query's data set. The example provided there works. however, there are some challenges i'm encountering: My SQL query is quite long and exceeds the VARCHAR2 4000 Character limitation. I would like to pass parameters to my query. I would like to do it in a very simple manner and without using Dynamic SQL (if possible). What I've come up is something like below: Package Definition: create or replace package tabletoexcel as PROCEDURE run_query(p_fh IN UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE , p

How to call an Oracle function which returns sys_refcursor using EclipseLink? There is a documentation which states about calling a function, but not sure how to call a function which returns sys_refcursor. http://eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/jpa/extensions/a_namedstoredfunctionquery.htm I have tried as follows @NamedStoredFunctionQuery(name = "findEmployees", functionName = "getEmps", parameters = { @StoredProcedureParameter(queryParameter = "user", name = "username", direction = Direction.IN, type = String.class) } , returnParameter = @StoredProcedureParameter(queryParameter =

I have a stored procedure which used the EXECUTE IMMEDIATE command to execute a very long string. How do I support a very long string and return the data into a refcursor? Assuming that your SQL is not longer than 32K (as @Tony Andrews hinted at), you should be able to use something like this: declare SQL_Text varchar2(32760) := 'select * from dual'; --your query goes here cur sys_refcursor; begin open cur for SQL_Text; end; When working with Ref Cursors, open-for can be used directly, instead of execute immediate . 来源： https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4714163/oracle-execute-immediate-into