One advantage of a cursor over a for loop is that it makes your code more portable. It also allows you to bring existing code over without having to majorly rewrite. ""Van Ingen, Lane"" <lvaningen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A3FF4275060B76459B5C08A64AE330C86A37@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > After reading the manual (8.0). I am not certain what real advantage there is to using a cursor > over using a FOR loop. since FOR automatically uses a cursor anyway. They both avoid > memory problems. Have I missed something or are there other reasons? > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
