What is a cursor ? Why Cursor is required ?
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Answer / anil kumar jampana
cursor is a private sql area. pl/sql cann't handle multy
row select statements. Inorder to handle mulyrow select
statements, we are using cursors.
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Cursor is a private memory area. to perform transations on
morethan one row we are using cursors. required multi-
records will be fetched to cursor area and will do
operations on those records. It is a temperary memory area.
Winthout Cursor pl/sql can perform only one record at a
time.
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Answer / suresh
cursor is private sql area. cursor is used for to retrieve
or display the more than one values at a time.
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