Re: Cursor

From: Jeff Crew <jcrew_at_denadm.ms.ch2m.com>
Date: 1996/05/31
Message-ID: <4ont7m$6ke_at_ds9.ch2m.com>#1/1


In <31A4728E.2E05_at_chemoil.com>, AravindBR writes:
>In an explicitly declared cursor is it possible to move to the previous
>row ?
>>Steve Dodsworth responded:
>>Unless things have changed a great deal since I last checked, you cannot go
>>backwards through a cursor.

I agree with Steve ! Cursors will always go to the next record. The only ways I
can think to get around this is to use a PL/SQL Table (2d Array) or a temporary
table of the data that your cursor would select.

Regards
Jeff Received on Fri May 31 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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