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Using cursors for passing chunks of data to the client isn't 'bad.' The bad use of cursors involves row by row processing instead of set processing. In OLTP systems, processing within a cursor can cause lots of deadlocks. Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CST