I did a search on this forum and found an excellent answer on how to limit results from an oracle query, but is it possible to build the results using a dynamic column in the ORDER BY section?
Is there a way to pass a column name in and have the ORDER BY use that as a valid column name?Code:CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE misPkg AS TYPE return_cur IS REF CURSOR; PROCEDURE getFldrsLim2(p_offset IN NUMBER, p_limit IN NUMBER, p_order IN VARCHAR, p_fldr_cur IN OUT return_cur); END misPkg; / CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY misPkg AS PROCEDURE getFldrsLim2(p_offset IN NUMBER, p_limit IN NUMBER, p_order IN VARCHAR, p_fldr_cur IN OUT return_cur) IS BEGIN OPEN p_fldr_cur FOR SELECT * FROM (SELECT ROWNUM AS rn, t1.fldr_id, t1.fldr_name FROM inf_cat_fldrs t1 -- p_order isn't working -- if I use a 'real' column hardcoded it works ORDER BY p_order) WHERE rn BETWEEN p_offset AND p_limit; END getFldrsLim2; END misPkg;
For example, I display a webpage with muliple columns, I can allow the user to click different column headings to return results sorted by a different column....
Any help is appreciated!
Cheers,
Keith.


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