Returning Cursor Variables
SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.-- www . j ava2 s . c om SQL> create table emp( 2 empno number(4,0), 3 ename varchar2(10), 4 job varchar2(9), 5 mgr number(4,0), 6 hiredate date, 7 sal number(7,2), 8 comm number(7,2), 9 deptno number(2,0) 10 ); Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into emp values(7839, 'KING', 'PRESIDENT', null, to_date('17-11-1981','dd-mm-yyyy'), 5000, null, 10); SQL> insert into emp values(7698, 'BLAKE', 'MANAGER', 7839,to_date('1-5-1981','dd-mm-yyyy'), 2850, null, 30); SQL> insert into emp values(7782, 'CLARK', 'MANAGER', 7839,to_date('9-6-1981','dd-mm-yyyy'), 2450, null, 10); SQL> insert into emp values(7566, 'JONES', 'MANAGER', 7839,to_date('2-4-1981','dd-mm-yyyy'), 2975, null, 20); SQL> SQL> declare 2 cursor c_countemps is 3 select count(*), sum(sal) 4 from emp; 5 v_count_nr NUMBER; 6 v_sum_nr NUMBER; 7 begin 8 open c_countEmps; 9 fetch c_countEmps into v_count_nr, v_sum_nr; 10 close c_countEmps; 11 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('number of emps is:'||v_count_nr); 12 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('sum of emp salaries is:'||v_sum_nr); 13 end; 14 / number of emps is:4 sum of emp salaries is:13275 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL>