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<h1 class="topictitle1">Return result sets from stored procedures</h1>
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<div><p>In addition to returning output parameters, stored procedures have
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a feature by which a result table associated with a cursor opened in the stored
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procedure (called a result set) can be returned to the application issuing
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the CALL statement. That application can then issue fetch requests to read
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the rows of the result set cursor.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Whether a result set gets returned depends on the returnability
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attribute of the cursor. The cursor's returnability attribute can be explicitly
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given in the DECLARE CURSOR statement or it can be defaulted. The SET RESULT
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SETS statement also allows for an indication of where the result sets should
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be returned. By default, cursors which are opened in a stored procedure are
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defined to have a returnability attribute of RETURN TO CALLER. To return the
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result set associated with the cursor to the application which called the
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outermost procedure in the call stack, the returnability attribute of RETURN
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TO CLIENT is specified on the DECLARE CURSOR statement. This will allow inner
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procedures to return result sets when the application calls nested procedures.
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For cursors whose result sets are never to be returned to caller or client,
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the returnability attribute of WITHOUT RETURN is specified on the DECLARE
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CURSOR statement.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>There are many cases where opening the cursor in a stored procedure
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and returning its result set provides advantages over opening the cursor directly
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in the application. For instance, security to the tables referenced in the
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query can be adopted from the stored procedure so that users of the application
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do not need to be granted direct authority to the tables. Instead, they are
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given authority to call the stored procedure, which is compiled with adequate
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authority to access the tables. Another advantage to opening the cursors in
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the stored procedure is that multiple result sets can be returned from a single
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call to the stored procedure, which can be more efficient that opening the
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cursors separately from the calling application. Additionally, each call to
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the same stored procedure may return a different number of result sets, providing
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some application versatility.</p>
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<div class="section"><div class="p">The interfaces that can work with stored procedure result sets
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include JDBC, CLI, and ODBC. An example on how to use these API interfaces
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for working with stored procedure result sets is included in the following
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examples. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> By using the code examples, you agree to the terms of the <a href="codedisclaimer.htm">Code license and disclaimer information</a>.</div>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyresultsete1.htm">Example 1: Call a stored procedure which returns a single result set</a></strong><br />
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This example shows the API calls ODBC application would make when calling a stored procedure that returns a result set.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyresultsete2.htm">Example 2: Call a stored procedure which returns a result set from a nested procedure</a></strong><br />
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This example shows how a nested stored procedure can open and return a result set to the outermost procedure.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafysproeg.htm" title="A procedure (often called a stored procedure) is a program that can be called to perform operations that can include both host language statements and SQL statements. Procedures in SQL provide the same benefits as procedures in a host language.">Stored procedures</a></div>
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