Re: Cursors

From: Rumpi Gravenstein <rgravens_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:50:05 -0500
Message-ID: <9c9b9dc90912231050y3aaeb392mc49ce6c53bead0a0_at_mail.gmail.com>

My understanding is that if you are talking about a cursors within pl/sql procedures, as the block exists, the cursors are closed for you automatically. There are a number of innovations that have occurred over the last few versions in this area with cursor caching and what not. For a good discussion see:

http://www.gennick.com/open_cursors.html

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM, <lyallbarbour_at_sanfranmail.com> wrote:
> From what i've always known is you do not have to "close" a cursor when you
> loop it with a FOR LOOP.  But if you explicitly say OPEN, FETCH... etc, then
> you need a CLOSE.  That's just off the top of my head, though.
> Lyall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet_at_parexel.com>
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 1:31 pm
> Subject: Cursors
>
> All,
>         First off, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, etc…  to
> one and All.
>         I'm trying to track down a perception that some of our developers
> have that there is no longer, post Oracle 10g R1, a need for their
> applications to close cursors.  I've searched the Oracle docs, Metalink, and
> Google to no avail.  Anyone else hear about this "feature"?
> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead
> PAREXEL International
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