Get resultset from oracle stored procedure

Question

I\'m working on converting a stored procedure from SQL server to Oracle. This stored procedure provides a direct resultset. I mean that if you call the stored procedure in

Answer 1

FYI as of Oracle 12c, you can do this:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE testproc(n number)
AS
  cur SYS_REFCURSOR;
BEGIN
    OPEN cur FOR SELECT object_id,object_name from all_objects where rownum < n;
    DBMS_SQL.RETURN_RESULT(cur);
END;
/

EXEC testproc(3);

OBJECT_ID OBJECT_NAME                                                                                                                     
---------- ------------
100 ORA$BASE                                                                                                                        
116 DUAL                                                                                                                            

This was supposed to get closer to other databases, and ease migrations. But it's not perfect to me, for instance SQL developer won't display it nicely as a normal SELECT.

I prefer the output of pipeline functions, but they need more boilerplate to code.

more info: https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/implicit-statement-results-12cr1