Oracle: Select From Record Datatype

Question

I have a function that returns a record datatype (2 fields: ID and Name). How can I get at the data from a select statement?

Specifically, I am trying using an Oracl

Answer 1

I think this what you are looking for; to get the values out in a select statement:

select result.id as id, result.name
  from ( select function() as result from dual);

Because your function returns a record an not a native type you can't use the standard methods. The if you want to get the actual record as an object into C# then you have do some reading on user defined types in the ODP .net documentation.

You could also wrap the function in another function that returns a ref cursor and that is used in C# in a more standard fashion.