Re: update statement PL/SQL

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:

>Not to prolong this ... I too read that he used a cursor. I also thought
>to myself ... "Why?" As it turns out the cursor had no purpose. Not a
>big stretch as there is almost no justification, in Oracle, to ever use
>a cursor.

Sorry, I may be confused here - am trying to learn PL/SQL. The book Learning Oracle PL/SQL by Bill Pribyl with Steven Feuerstein makes use of cursors - what's so bad about them?

Paul...

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