Method and apparatus for implementing cursor variables for acces

Details Method and apparatus for implementing cursor variables for acces Method and apparatus for implementing cursor variables for acces

1996-06-24

2000-03-28

Hafiz, Tariq R.

G06F 944

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for implementing a data construct, referred to herein as a "cursor variable", that has many of the attributes of simple variables and that can be used to access active sets of data from a database. Cursor variables identify a current set of data in an active set generated as a result of a database query. A cursor variable can be associated with any one of a number of different queries at any given time during program execution without using a host programming language. As a result, different active sets having different columns, different tables, and/or different predicates may be associated with the same cursor variable using instructions from a single programming language.

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