Both use cursors, but a FOR loop is more concise coding. Technically, they
are exactly equivalent; the differences are just stylistic...
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> I would suggest that the cursor is the best way to go.
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>
> 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
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