Cursors – an overview
Writing SQL in PL/SQL is one of the critical parts of database programming. All SQL statements embedded within a PL/SQL block are executed as a cursor. A cursor is a private memory area, temporarily allocated in the session's User Global Area (UGA), that is used for processing SQL statements. The private memory stores the result set retrieved from the SQL execution and cursor attributes. Cursors can be classified as implicit and explicit cursors.
Oracle creates an implicit cursor for all the SQL statements included in the executable section of a PL/SQL block. In this case, the cursor lifecycle is maintained by the Oracle Database.
For explicit cursors, the execution cycle can be controlled by the user. Database developers can ...
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