Yep, I've tried not calling ->finish ... I get the same error.

As for the curref.pl example, I haven't actually run it -- I don't have the right sample tables, or the authority to create packages.

But the example defines this procedure: 

    PROCEDURE ref_cursor_close (curref IN cursor_ref)
    IS
    BEGIN
      close curref;
    END;

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and calls it like this: 

$sql = qq(
   BEGIN
     curref_test.ref_cursor_close(:curref);
   END;
);
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$sth->bind_param(":curref", $curref, {ora_type => ORA_RSET});
$sth->execute;

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which, as far as I can see, is exactly what I'm doing. NB: I've tried using both bind_param and bind_param_inout; the example uses bind_param, but the DBD::Oracle docs use bind_param_inout. Same error in both cases.

Can you see anything that's going on there that is effectively different in my code?

Thanks for your suggestions... :)

In reply to Re^4: Closing Oracle cursors by mickey
in thread Closing Oracle cursors by mickey

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