What is difference between a Cursor declared in a procedure
and Cursor declared in a package specification ?
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Answer / tulsi
A cursor declared in a package specification is global and
can be accessed by other procedures or procedures in a
package.
A cursor declared in a procedure is local to the procedure
that can not be accessed by other procedures.
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Answer / ratan singh sengar
SP is a set of SQL Statements that resides in server. Advantage of SP is just that it is pre compiled and available in the server. So, whenever this SP is called, its executed instantly since its already been compiled. This makes the faster performance while executing the SP.
cursor:
Cursors are add on feature of SP , for row by row validations.
For instance : You have a list of employees belong to various department. For calculating the bonus % which varies for department to department, you use cursors to calculate Bonus.
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