Will a cursor within a cursor give you what you wanted? I know what you wanted two out ref cursor, but something like this open x for 'select deptno, cursor(select ename from emp where deptno=dept.deptno) from dept' will give you the parent/detail in two cursors. Isn't that what you are looking for? HTH Richard Ji On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 16:58:37 -0600, Duret, Kathy <kduret@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am opening up a tar with metalink..... > > I can't seem to get the uncontained cursor right and keep running into > pl/sql 00382 error... > > Will keep you posted. > > Kathy > > This transmission contains information solely for intended recipient and may > be privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protect from disclosure. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all > copies of this transmission. This message and/or the materials contained > herein are not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any > securities or other instruments. The information has been obtained or > derived from sources believed by us to be reliable, but we do not represent > that it is accurate or complete. Any opinions or estimates contained in > this information constitute our judgment as of this date and are subject to > change without notice. Any information you share with us will be used in > the operation of our business, and we do not request and do not want any > material, nonpublic information. Absent an express prior written agreement, > we are not agreeing to treat any information confidentially and will use any > and all information and reserve the right to publish or disclose any > information you share with us. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l