Re: PL/pgSQL: FOT Loops vs Cursors

From: "Mike G(dot)" <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com>
To: "Van Ingen, Lane" <lvaningen(at)ESNCC(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL: FOT Loops vs Cursors
Date: 2005-02-11 04:39:21
Message-ID: 20050211043921.GA16189@thegodshalls.thegodshalls
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See page 587. Cursors can be referenced by other functions and be created semi-dynamically.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:53:42PM -0500, Van Ingen, Lane wrote:
> After reading the manual (8.0: pages 582, 584). I am not certain what real advantage there is to using a cursor over using a FOR loop, since FOR automatically uses a cursor anyway. They both avoid memory problems. Have I missed something or are there other reasons?
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