I would suggest that the cursor is the best way to go. -----Original Message----- Sent: 24 February 2003 08:39 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Hello, I was just asked by one of our developers which is beter to use:- a cursor or a for loop? I must admit I am not sure.... Anyway the specific piece of code in discussion is similar to the following.... FOR X IN (SELECT X FROM TABLE_NAME WHERE COL1 = 'Something')) LOOP Do a whole lot of stuff in database here...... LOOP END; I would guess that the cursor would follow similar execution criteria but using the cursor syntax. Any ideas? TIA regards Denham Eva Oracle DBA The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner _____ DISCLAIMER This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. TFMC, its holding company, and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor and manage all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be views of any such entity. _____ _____ This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal - For more information please visit <http://www.marshalsoftware.com> www.marshalsoftware.com _____ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Thomas, Kevin INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).