Question

I want create cursor inside procedure body dynamically also i have to use for loop instead of below code. i did the dynamic cursor but i cannot use the for loop.

PROCEDURE myprocedure
AS
  LV_TEST_CUR SYS_REFCURSOR;
  LV_QUERY VARCHAR2(200);
  LV_DATE  DATE;
BEGIN
  LV_QUERY:='select sysdate as mydate from dual';
  OPEN LV_TEST_CUR FOR LV_QUERY;
  /*FOR CUR_VAR IN LV_TEST_CUR
  LOOP
  dbms_output.put_line(CUR_VAR.mydate);
  end LOOP;
  */
  LOOP
    FETCH LV_TEST_CUR INTO LV_DATE;
    EXIT
  WHEN LV_TEST_CUR%NOTFOUND;
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(LV_DATE);
  END LOOP;
  CLOSE LV_TEST_CUR;
END myprocedure;

if i am using commented code(for loop), i getting error

PLS-00221: is not a procedure or is undefined.

Is it possible using for loop in dynamic cursor?

Answer 1

you cannot reference a cursor variable in a cursor FOR loop

but you can use the select statment direct:

create or replace PROCEDURE myprocedure
AS
  LV_TEST_CUR SYS_REFCURSOR;
  LV_QUERY VARCHAR2(200);
  LV_DATE  DATE;
BEGIN
  FOR CUR_VAR IN (select sysdate as mydate from dual)
  LOOP
  dbms_output.put_line(CUR_VAR.mydate);
  end LOOP;

END myprocedure;
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