Get resultset from oracle stored procedure

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;

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 refcursor
SQL> 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