Re: HELP

From: Gerard H. Pille <ghp_at_santens.be>
Date: 1997/09/26
Message-ID: <01bcca45$63b08c00$7b1340c0@pcghp.santens.be>#1/1

I believe it allready existed in Oracle V5, it's the infamous "select count(*) ..."

Enrique Aviles <eaviles_at_ix.netcom.com> schreef in artikel <342AEA44.4628_at_ix.netcom.com>...
> Hi
>
> I know this has been asked before but I didn't see any
> convincing answers so here we go again.
>
> Can I get the number of rows that a cursor is selecting
> before I execute the first fetch?
>
> I want to do that so that I can malloc() the exact amount
> of memory needed to hold the data coming from the cursor (I'm
> using Pro*C). Does an internal Oracle structure/variable get
> set with the number of rows selected after I open the cursor?
>
> Will this be available in Oracle8?
>
> Please respond by mail.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Enrique
>
Received on Fri Sep 26 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT