Declaring cursor variables, PL-SQL Programming

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Declaring Cursor Variables

Once a REF CURSOR type is define by you, and then you can declare the cursor variables of that type in any PL/SQL block or subprogram. In the example below, you declare the cursor variable dept_cv:

DECLARE

TYPE DeptCurTyp IS REF CURSOR RETURN dept%ROWTYPE;

dept_cv DeptCurTyp; -- declare cursor variable

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