>>>However, I'm of the opinion that an ounce of prevention is really worth pounds of cure. If I'm pulling a cursor that is not going to be updated I will not add rewrite. select * from table nofilter gives me a readonly cursor. select * from table nofilter readwrite gives me a non-readonly cursor.
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>>>If I should happen to issue a replace command against the readonly cursor, I've saved my sanity because the data could not affected.
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>>The READWRITE is sufficien by itself (it includes NOFILTER).

select * from mytable readwrite

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>No because it means all cursors will be readwrite, when only some need to be readwrite.

Only cursors with READWRITE clause will be readwrite. The cursors with NOFILTER (w/o READWRITE ) will be read only.