Re: [PHP4BETA] odbc cursor usage

[email protected] (Nick Gorham) Sat, 03 Jun 2000 08:58:43 +0100

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Avrum Goodblatt wrote:

> There is an odbc function which returns the cursor name.
> Of what use is this? When would I use the cursor name to do anything?
> Could someone give me a code example of its usage ...

Well you would normally use the cursor name for a positioned update or
delete if the driver supports it. ie

    SELECT * from TAB FOR UPDATE

    SQLGetCursorName

    SQLFetch
    SQLFetch
    SQLFetch

    DELETE WHERE CURRENT OF cursor_name

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