Thread: FOR vs Cursors

After reading the manual (8.0). 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?

One advantage of a cursor over a for loop is that it makes your code more
portable.
It also allows you to bring existing code over without having to majorly
rewrite.

""Van Ingen, Lane"" <lvaningen@ESNCC.com> wrote in message
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> After reading the manual (8.0). 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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