Re: Retrieving Sets of Record via VB

So, what's wrong with reference cursors? Why are you looking for anything different?

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

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> All,
>
> My current application is written in VB accessing the Oracle back-end. I
> have just been asked about how to execute a query that may return many
> thousands of rows, but only display, let's say, 1000 at a time. After the
> first set of rows was returned, the user would click a button and request
> the next thousand.
>
> We are currently using reference cursors and everything is working well.
I
> was wondering if anyone has done something like this, and how did you do
it?
> I could see using an inline view and re-executing the query every time and
> selecting the range of records to return. Storing the result set in a
> temporary/rollup table might also work. I obviously would need to clear
> this table out every night.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> thanks
>
> Tom Mercadante
> Oracle Certified Professional
>
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