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Exp.No:l9 Display Records Using Cursor ise of Cursor ‘The major function of a cursor is to retrieve data, one row at a time, from a result set, unlike the SQL commands which operate on all the rows in the result set at one time, Cursors are used when the user needs to update records in a singleton fashion or in a row by row manner, in a database table ‘The Data that is stored in the Cursor is called the Active Data Set, Oracle DBMS has another predefined area in the main memory Set, within which the cursors are opened. Hence the size of the cursor is limited by the size of this pre- defined area. ‘ursor Actions + Declare Cursor: A cursor is declared by defining the SQL statement that returns 4 result set, + Open: A Cursor is opened and populated by executing the SQL. statement defined by thecursor: + Fetch: When the cursor is opened, rows can be fetched from the cursor one by one or in ablock to perform data manipulation. + Close: After data manipulation, close the cursor explicitly. + Deallocate: Finally, delete the cursor definition and release all the system resourcesassociated with the cursor. [Types of Cursors sors are classified depending on the circumstances in which they are opened. + Implicit Cursor: If the Oracle engine opened a cursor for its internal processing it is known as an Implicit Cursor. It is created “automatically” for the user by Oracle when a query is executed and is simpler to code. + Expl Cursor: A Cursor can also be opened for processing data through a PL/SQL block, on demand. Such a user-defined cursor is known as an Explicit Cursor. 63 CREATE TABLE CU TOMERS WITH ID NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,SALARY INSERT 5 RECORDS ™ NAT AGr ADDRESS: SATARY 1 Ramesh 23 allasabad zo) 2 Suresh 2 Kanpur , Mahesh om eee) 27000 4 chanden 2 Neasa 25000 5 Ales oo Paris 2000 PLSQL CODE: SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON; SQL> DECLARE 2 ¢ id customers.id%type: 3. c_name customers.name%type; 4 ¢_addr customers.address%type; 5 CURSOR c_customers is 6 SEL "T id, name, address FROM customers; 7 BEGIN 8 OPEN c customers; 9 LOOP 10 FE ‘CH ¢_customers into ¢_id, ¢_name, ¢_addr; 11 EXIT WHEN c_customersY%notfound; 12 dbms_output.put_fine cid 13 END LOOP; 14 CLOSE ¢ customers; 15 END; 16 / 64 OUTPUT: 1 ramesh allhabad 2 suresh kanpur 3 mahesh kaja 4 chandan noida 5 alex paris PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. 65

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