Re: [GENERAL] FOR vs Cursors

2005-02-22 Thread Sim Zacks
One advantage of a cursor over a for loop is that it makes your code more portable. It also allows you to bring existing code over without having to majorly rewrite. ""Van Ingen, Lane"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > After reading the manual (8.0). I am not certain w

[GENERAL] FOR vs Cursors

2005-02-09 Thread Van Ingen, Lane
After reading the manual (8.0). I am not certain what real advantage there is to using a cursor over using a FOR loop. since FOR automatically uses a cursor anyway. They both avoid memory problems. Have I missed something or are there other reasons? ---(end of broadcast)