On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 19:25, Cristian Gafton wrote: > On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Ricardo Bugalho wrote: > > DB-API's cursors have always been supposed to be based server side > > cursors. That's the whole point about having cursors. > > If some bindings don't use server side cursors when they're available, > > it's their own problem. > > Well, then it should be spelled out in that fashion.
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/ says: """ .cursor() Return a new Cursor Object using the connection. If the database does not provide a direct cursor concept, the module will have to emulate cursors using other means to the extent needed by this specification. """ The fact that server-side cursors should be used whenever possible is not stated in so many words, but it is very much implied in the above. -Carsten _______________________________________________ DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig
