Re: cursor looping - best practices?

spacemarine_at_mailinator.com wrote:
> question,
>
> is there a best practice philosophy on looping thru a cursor of
> results in SQL (to tally things and whatnot)? im just curious if its
> considered something to be avoided, or a perfectly acceptable
> practice?
>
>
>
> thanks,
> sm

Yes. Don't do it. They are horribly obsolete.

Look up BULK COLLECT and FORALL.

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