CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION rowconcat(q in VARCHAR2) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS ret VARCHAR2(4000); hold VARCHAR2(4000); cur sys_refcursor; BEGIN OPEN cur FOR q; LOOP FETCH cur INTO hold; EXIT WHEN cur%NOTFOUND; IF ret IS NULL THEN ret := hold; ELSE ret := ret || ',' || hold; END IF; END LOOP; RETURN ret; END; /