Re: ADO server side cursor sloooow

A client side cursor will stream the data in bulk down the the
workstation. When you need the ENTIRE data set sent across the line,
you should use the Client-Side Cursor. Server-side cursors are much
faster when only a small portion of the data is needed.
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Bill Bach
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Bill wrote:

> Using PSQL 9.1 I am comparing the PDAC SQL components to ADO.
> Selecting and looping through 1,000 rows takes about the same amount
> of time using PDAC SQL and ADO with a client side cursor. However,
> ADO with a server side forward only cursor takes 2.5 times more time
> to select and iterate the same rows. That makes no sense at all. A
> server side forward only cursor should be faster if anything.
>
> Any suggestions? I can't help thinking that I must have something set
> wrong.

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