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<f:chukcha> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I need to get over 2000 records from a table and then page through them
> and display 20 records at a time in my application. What is better: to
> CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE AS SELECT run the query once and then
> somehow scroll through the temp table OR declare a cursor and FETCH
> through the records 20 at a time?
>
> Is there a simpler "pure" SQL approach to this problem without using a
> FETCH?
>
> I try not to be tied to the Oracle way of doing things. My company will
> be moving to service oriented architecture soon and the architecture
> team is pushing me not to use oracle stored procedures. There is some
> talk about migrating from oracle to some other db...
>
> What are my options?
>
> Thank you in advance
Fetch into a global temporary table including a sequence number with each row as it is inserted or fetch into an array indexed by BINARY_INTEGER.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Sun Dec 17 2006 - 15:42:50 CST