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Cursor Advantages and Disadvantages
What are the uses of Cursor?
What are its advantage and disadvantage?



  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: July 27, 2009     Asked by: sri3241 
  
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October 11, 2009 01:50:08   #1  
maheshpawar001 Member Since: July 2009   Contribution: 1    

RE: Cursor Advantages and Disadvantages

Disadvantages:


Using implicit/explicit cursors are depended by Situation.

If the result set is less than 50 or 100 records it is better to go for implicit cursors. if the result set is large then you should use explicit cursors. other wise it will put burden on CPU


 
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