How to check if cursor returns any records in oracle?

Question

I have a following stored procedure in which I have used a cursor. Depending on whether the cursor return any records or not I need to do some processing.

But I am

Answer 1

I like to use the same select query that comprises the cursor and select the count it returns into a variable. You can then evaluate the variable to determine what to do next. For example you have a cursor like this:

CURSOR c_example IS 
    SELECT field1
        ,field2
        ,field3
    FROM table1 a
    WHERE a.field1 LIKE '%something%';

Before you open the cursor to do any processing, select cursor result count into a variable.

SELECT count(*)
INTO v_exampleCount
FROM table1 a
WHERE a.field1 LIKE '%something%';

Now, again before you open cursor, do something like:

IF exampleCount>0 THEN

    FOR example IN c_example
    LOOP
        ....
    END LOOP;  --end example loop

    ....

END IF;  --end example if