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In Chapter 1, we cautioned against using PL/SQL when a SQL solution would be appropriate. Of course, if every possible functional requirement could be written in SQL, PL/SQL never would have been created by Oracle in the first place. When you have satisfied yourself that PL/SQL is required to meet a functional requirement, any access to the database will, of course, involve the use of cursors.
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© 2004 Connor McDonald, with Chaim Katz, Christopher Beck, Joel R. Kallman, and David C. Knox
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McDonald, C., Katz, C., Beck, C., Kallman, J.R., Knox, D.C. (2004). The Vexed Subject of Cursors. In: Mastering Oracle PL/SQL: Practical Solutions. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0702-3_3
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