PL/SQL print out ref cursor returned by a stored p

Question

How can I fetch from a ref cursor that is returned from a stored procedure (OUT variable) and print the resulting rows to STDOUT in SQL*PLUS?

ORACLE stored procedure:

PROCEDURE GetGrantListByPI(p_firstname IN VARCHAR2, p_lastname IN VARCHAR2,
p_orderby IN VARCHAR2, p_cursor OUT grantcur);

PL/SQL:

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;

DECLARE
  TYPE r_cursor IS REF CURSOR;
  refCursor r_cursor;

  CURSOR grantCursor IS
    SELECT last_name, first_name
    FROM ten_year_pis
    WHERE year_added = 2010;

  last_name VARCHAR2(100);
  first_name VARCHAR2(100);

BEGIN
  OPEN grantCursor;
  FETCH grantCursor INTO last_name, first_name;

  WHILE grantCursor%FOUND LOOP
    PMAWEB_PKG.GetGrantListByPI(last_name, first_name, 'last_name', refCursor);

    --HOW DO I LOOP THROUGH THE RETURNED REF CURSOR (refCursor)
    --AND PRINT THE RESULTING ROWS TO STDOUT?

    FETCH grantCursor into last_name, first_name;
  END LOOP;
  CLOSE grantCursor;
END;
/

Answer 1

You can use a bind variable at the SQLPlus level to do this. Of course you have little control over the formatting of the output.

VAR x REFCURSOR;
EXEC GetGrantListByPI(args, :x);
PRINT :x;

Answer 2

Note: This code is untested

Define a record for your refCursor return type, call it rec. For example:

TYPE MyRec IS RECORD (col1 VARCHAR2(10), col2 VARCHAR2(20), ...);  --define the record
rec MyRec;        -- instantiate the record

Once you have the refcursor returned from your procedure, you can add the following code where your comments are now:

LOOP
  FETCH refCursor INTO rec;
  EXIT WHEN refCursor%NOTFOUND;
  dbms_output.put_line(rec.col1||','||rec.col2||','||...);
END LOOP;

Answer 3

If you want to print all the columns in your select clause you can go with the autoprint command.

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sps_detail_dtest(v_refcur OUT sys_refcursor)
AS
BEGIN
  OPEN v_refcur FOR 'select * from dummy_table';
END;

SET autoprint on;

--calling the procedure
VAR vcur refcursor;
DECLARE 
BEGIN
  sps_detail_dtest(vrefcur=>:vcur);
END;

Hope this gives you an alternate solution