> Ookay, I'm sorry, butyou lost me here. I haven't gotten into using
> CURSORs/FETCHs yet, since I haven't need it...but can you give an example
> of what you would want to do using a LIMIT? I may be missing something,
> but wha is the different between using LIMIT to get X records, and
> definiing a cursor to FETCH X records?
>
> Practical example of *at least* the LIMIT side would be good, so that we
> can at least see a physical example of what LIMIT can do that
> CURSORs/FETCH can't...
My guess in a web application is that the transaction is started for
every new page, so you can't have transactions spanning SQL sessions.
LIMIT theoretically would allow you to start up where you left off.
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