So, what's wrong with reference cursors? Why are you looking for anything different?
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:58 AM > All, > > My current application is written in VB accessing the Oracle back-end. I > have just been asked about how to execute a query that may return many > thousands of rows, but only display, let's say, 1000 at a time. After the > first set of rows was returned, the user would click a button and request > the next thousand. > > We are currently using reference cursors and everything is working well. I > was wondering if anyone has done something like this, and how did you do it? > I could see using an inline view and re-executing the query every time and > selecting the range of records to return. Storing the result set in a > temporary/rollup table might also work. I obviously would need to clear > this table out every night. > > Any other ideas? > > thanks > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Igor Neyman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
