cursor result return

Hi all,
when I try to select * from test_table it takes 9 seconds. (4000 records)
but when I try to run this in PL/SQL

declare
cursor c_bill is
  select * from test_table
  begin
  for l_c_bill in c_bill loop
  dbms_output.put_line (l_c_bill.rownum) ;   end loop;
  end;
it take more then 588 seconds, it's anyway to reduce this time in pl/sql?

Thanks Received on Mon Feb 21 2005 - 15:08:18 CST