Oracle. Reuse cursor as parameter in two procedures

Question

Let's create two test procedures:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Aaaa_Test1(
  pDog SYS_REFCURSOR
) IS
  TYPE tDogRec is record (objid varchar2(7), lim number, debt number);
  TYPE tDog IS TABLE OF tDogRec;
  vDog tDog;
BEGIN
  IF pDog%ISOPEN THEN
    FETCH pDog BULK COLLECT INTO vDog;

    IF vDog.count >= 1 THEN
      FOR i IN vDog.First..vDog.Last LOOP
        Dbms_Output.Put_Line('Aaaa_Test1 = '||vDog(i).Objid);
      END LOOP;
    END IF;

  END IF;
END; -- Aaaa_Test1 Procedure
/
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Aaaa_Test2(
  pDog SYS_REFCURSOR
) IS
  TYPE tDogRec is record (objid varchar2(7), lim number, debt number);
  TYPE tDog IS TABLE OF tDogRec;
  vDog tDog;
BEGIN
  IF pDog%ISOPEN THEN
    FETCH pDog BULK COLLECT INTO vDog;

    IF vDog.count >= 1 THEN
      FOR i IN vDog.First..vDog.Last LOOP
        Dbms_Output.Put_Line('Aaaa_Test2 = '||vDog(i).Objid);
      END LOOP;
    END IF;

  END IF;
END; -- Aaaa_Test2 Procedure

Then let's try to open cursor and pass it to these procedures in order:

DECLARE
  Vcdogcur SYS_REFCURSOR;    
BEGIN
  OPEN Vcdogcur FOR
    select '6518535' objid, 10000 lim,0 debt
      from dual
     union all
    select '6518536', 0,500
      from dual
     union all
    select '5656058', 0,899
      from dual
     union all
    select '2180965', 5000,0
      from dual
     union all
    select '2462902', 0,100
      from dual;

  Aaaa_Test1(Vcdogcur);
  Aaaa_Test2(Vcdogcur);
  CLOSE Vcdogcur;
END;

As you can see, I can't use already fetched cursor in second procedure, because ORACLE cursors are forward-and-read-only. What ways can help to solve this task?

I can't simply bring these procedures into one. Need to keep their logic separate from each other.

Answer 1

You need to open the cursor twice. Using a string variable to hold the query will prevent you from writing the query twice.

DECLARE
      Vcdogcur SYS_REFCURSOR;    
      dyn_query varchar2(500);
BEGIN      
    dyn_query  := 'select ''6518535'' objid, 10000 lim,0 debt
      from dual
     union all
    select ''6518536'', 0,500
      from dual
     union all
    select ''5656058'', 0,899
      from dual
     union all
    select ''2180965'', 5000,0
      from dual
     union all
    select ''2462902'', 0,100
      from dual' ;


  open Vcdogcur for dyn_query ;
  Aaaa_Test1(Vcdogcur);
  CLOSE Vcdogcur;
  open Vcdogcur for dyn_query ;
  Aaaa_Test2(Vcdogcur);
  close Vcdogcur;
END;
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