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Old 04-17-2008, 09:29 PM
Van Ingen, Lane
 
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Default PL/pgSQL: FOT Loops vs Cursors

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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