implicit_results.py

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# Portions Copyright 2007-2015, Anthony Tuininga. All rights reserved.
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# Portions Copyright 2001-2007, Computronix (Canada) Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta,
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# implicit_results.py
#   This script demonstrates the use of the 12.1 feature that allows PL/SQL
# procedures to return result sets implicitly, without having to explicitly
# define them.
#
# This script requires cx_Oracle 5.3 and higher.
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import cx_Oracle as oracledb
import sample_env

connection = oracledb.connect(sample_env.get_main_connect_string())
cursor = connection.cursor()

# use PL/SQL block to return two cursors
cursor.execute("""
        declare
            c1 sys_refcursor;
            c2 sys_refcursor;
        begin

            open c1 for
            select * from TestNumbers;

            dbms_sql.return_result(c1);

            open c2 for
            select * from TestStrings;

            dbms_sql.return_result(c2);

        end;""")

# display results
for ix, result_set in enumerate(cursor.getimplicitresults()):
    print("Result Set #" + str(ix + 1))
    for row in result_set:
        print(row)
    print()