I can't imagine a problem that can be solved by cursors and not by a query. We have been used PL/SQL (the extension of SQL by Oracle) inside zsql methods like this: DECLARE C_AUX NUMBER; BEGIN INSERT INTO IT_GRUPO_INVESTIGACION ( C_GRUPO, D_GRUPO, S_GRUPO, F_INI_VIG, F_FIN_VIG, C_MACROAREA, L_TIPO_GRUPO, C_PAI, C_CLASIFICACION_PAI ) VALUES ( <dtml-sqlvar C_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar D_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar S_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar F_INI_VIG type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar F_FIN_VIG type=nb optional>, <dtml-sqlvar C_MACROAREA type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar L_TIPO_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar C_PAI type=nb optional>, <dtml-sqlvar C_CLASIFICACION_PAI type=nb optional> ); <dtml-if items> <dtml-in items> <dtml-if "C_AREA_UNESCO <> ''"> INSERT INTO IT_GRUPO_AREA_UNESCO ( C_AREA_UNESCO, C_GRUPO, F_INI_VIG, F_FIN_VIG ) VALUES ( <dtml-sqlvar C_AREA_UNESCO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar C_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar F_INI_VIG type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar F_FIN_VIG type=nb optional> ); </dtml-if> </dtml-in> </dtml-if> <dtml-if items2> <dtml-in items2> <dtml-if "D_GRUPO_TECNICA <> ''"> SELECT NVL(MAX(C_GRUPO_TECNICA)+1,1) INTO C_AUX FROM IT_GRUPO_TECNICA; INSERT INTO IT_GRUPO_TECNICA ( C_GRUPO_TECNICA, D_GRUPO_TECNICA, C_GRUPO, L_PROPIA ) VALUES ( C_AUX, <dtml-sqlvar D_GRUPO_TECNICA type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar C_GRUPO type=nb>, <dtml-sqlvar L_PROPIA type=nb optional> ); </dtml-if> </dtml-in> </dtml-if> EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN rollback; raise; END; and it works fine. However, in such ZSQL method there isn't a resultset to obtain (it contains INSERT and UPDATES). I think you can get a resultset by inserting the results of your cursor proccesing into a temp table and finishing your PL/SQL with a query. On the other hand, a cursor is a select statement you define in order to process each row individually; that is, a ZSQL method. You can reproduce the cursor proccessing by defining several ZSQL methods with single SELECT and combining then in a DTML method that does the actual proccessing (whith <dtml-in>, <dtml-let...>) Andy Pahne escribió:

hi, there,

i've been using oracle8 with zope succesfully for a while. now my database programmer came up with a solution for a certain problem, which "we cannot solve with an easy select statement". he told me, that we are gonna have to use db-cursors instead.

i must admit that i have heard the therm cursor before, but i am not sure how to use them with zsql-methods.

my question is fairly simple: is there any difference in handling cursors with zsql-methods in comparison to handling 'simple' select-statements? can i use <dtml-in "..."</dtml-in> to iterate over the result sets?

I read DCOracle.txt which comes along with DCOracle-Product, but I do not understand it very well.

Any recommended readings?

Andy Pahne ap@net22

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