From: martinj@pi.net
Subject: Re: Simple SQL question
Date: 1995/06/06
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references: <50@astound.dialix.oz.au>
to: merdely@astound.dialix.oz.au
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In article <50@astound.dialix.oz.au>, <merdely@astound.dialix.oz.au> writes:
> Using PLSQL V2, put your select statement in a cursor (leave out the
> rownum predicate) and fetch the first record. 

The cursor has to be built before it can be used, so the complete database will 
be read before the cursor can be used. Correct me if I'm wrong...