Re: The horse race
From: Bob Hairgrove <invalid_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:05:53 +0100
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:05:53 +0100
Message-ID: <sflmv11dq3u6319q3b46pd4k0eoqsm4jg9_at_4ax.com>
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:56:13 +0100, Bob Hairgrove <invalid_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Cursors are always sorted, but relations are not.
Clarification:
Cursors always have an ordering of some kind, even if not explicitly
specified by an "ORDER BY" clause -- in which case it will probably,
but not necessarily, reflect the physical storage order of the data.
Relations are not sorted at all.
-- Bob Hairgrove NoSpamPlease_at_Home.comReceived on Tue Feb 21 2006 - 19:05:53 CET