Ref cursor with dynamic columns - oracle11g

Question

I am using oracle 11g and have written a stored procedure which stores values in temporary table as follows:
id count hour age range
-------------------------------------
0 5 10 61 10-200
1 6 20 61 10-200
2 7 15 61 10-200
5 9 5 61 201-300
7 10 25 61 201-300
0 5 10 62 10-20
1 6 20 62 10-20
2 7 15 62 10-20
5 9 5 62 21-30
1 8 6 62 21-30
7 10 25 62 21-30
10 15 30 62 31-40
now using this temp table i want to return two cursors. one for 61 and one for 62(age).
and for cursors there distinct range will be columns . for example cursor for age 62 should return following as dataset.
user 10-20 21-30 31-40
Count/hour count/hour count/hour
----------------------------------------------
0 5 10 - - - -
1 6 20 8 6 - -
2 7 15 - - - -
5 - - 9 5 - -
7 - - 10 25 - -
10 - - - - 15 30
this column range in temp table is is not a fixed values these are referenced from other table.
edited: i am using PIVOT for above problem, all examples i saw in internet are there for fixed values of column values (range in my case). how can i get dynamic values. following is the ex query:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT column_2, column_1
FROM test_table)
PIVOT (SUM(column1) AS sum_values FOR (column_2) IN ('value1' AS a, 'value2' AS b, 'value3' AS c));
Instead of using handwritten value i am using following query inside 'IN'
SELECT * from(
with x as (
SELECT DISTINCT range
FROM test_table
WHERE age = 62 )
select ltrim( max( sys_connect_by_path(range, ','))
keep (dense_rank last order by curr),
',') range
from (select range,
row_number() over (order by range) as curr,
row_number() over (order by range) -1 as prev
from x)
connect by prev = PRIOR curr
start with curr = 1 )
it is giving error in this case. But when i using handwritten values its giving right output.
select * from (select user_id, nvl(count,0) count, nvl(hour,0) hour,nvl(range,0) range,nvl(age,0)
age from test_table)
PIVOT (SUM(count) as sum_count, sum(hour) as sum_hour for (range) IN
(
'10-20','21-30','31-40'
)
) where age = 62 order by userid
how can i give values dynamically there?
how can i do it.

Answer 1

Cursors are slow, I would recommend trying to do this in a query unless there's no alternative (or speed doesn't matter). You may want to look into: PIVOT / UNPIVOT which can rotate columns (in this case "range").
Here's some PIVOT / UNPIVOT documentation and examples:
http://www.oracle-developer.net/display.php?id=506
Based on your last edit:
Pretty sure you have two options:
Build dynamic sql based on the distinct values found in the "range" column.
You'll probably be stuck using a cursor again to build the column names but at least it will be limited to just the distinct ranges.
Oracle has a PIVOT XML command that you can use for this.
See: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/sql/11g-pivot-097235.html
And scroll down to the section: "XML Type"