Which is beter a cursor or a for loop?

From: Denham Eva <EvaD_at_TFMC.co.za>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:38:39 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005564A7.20030224003839@fatcity.com>

Hello,

I was just asked by one of our developers which is beter to use:- a cursor or a for loop?
I must admit I am not sure....

Anyway the specific piece of code in discussion is similar to the following....    

	FOR X IN (SELECT X FROM TABLE_NAME
		    WHERE COL1 = 'Something'))
            LOOP
                Do a whole lot of stuff in database here......
            LOOP END;

I would guess that the cursor would follow similar execution criteria but using
the cursor syntax.

Any ideas?

TIA
regards
Denham Eva
Oracle DBA
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner

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