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From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler at peppler dot org>
Subject: RE: Cursurs in Sybperl
Date: Oct 25 2000 6:03PM
Kiriakos Georgiou writes:
> <<<
> In general using cursors is not such a great idea (IMHO - others may
> disagree :-)
>
> If you explain what you need to get done we can probably find a way to
> get it done either with cursors or without...
>
> Michael
> >>>
>
> Bold statement :-)
>
> We are quite happy with cursors used in conjunction with
> DBI/DBD::Sybase.
> There are some traps here and there, but when used correctly they work
> fine.
Well - my experience with SQL cursors has been less than
satisfying. Then you have the client-side cursors (ct_cursor() and
friends) that are a different beast (and are not available in
DBD::Sybase)
Michael
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