Do we need cursor for Count(*)?
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Answer / nak
No,Count(*) will give u the number of record in a table.
Ex: select Count(*) from EMP table where EMPNAME='sunil'
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Answer / yaswanth
we will use cursors when we have situation like the query
returning multiple rows but in this case
select Count(*) from EMP table where EMPNAME='some' will
return only one row, i.e how many rows it found with
EMPNAME='some' eg:3 or 4 or 5 ... so there is no concept of
cursor here
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Answer / shravan kumar.p
no need..
select count(*) from the emp.
it will give the total no of rows in a table..
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Answer / sachin borase
select 8 from table fetch first 3 rows only
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