[PHP-DB] Using Cursors

2004-06-01 Thread Gerard Samuel
A bit off topic, but lately I've been running into situations, where I have to know about using cursors with databases, like sql server, ibm db2 Can anyone point me to online resources that explains (to a practical newbie) cursors Thanks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP-DB] Using Cursors

2004-06-01 Thread Miles Thompson
At 11:12 AM 6/1/2004, Gerard Samuel wrote: A bit off topic, but lately I've been running into situations, where I have to know about using cursors with databases, like sql server, ibm db2 Can anyone point me to online resources that explains (to a practical newbie) cursors Thanks Gerard, Think

Re: [PHP-DB] Using Cursors

2004-06-01 Thread Robert Twitty
Hi I am not aware of a website that talks about cursors. However, I do know that they should be avoided whenever possible. They tend to require a lot of resources. I mostly use them in stored procedures when I need to loop through a result set. If you like, I can provide you with MS SQL Server