>Edward thanks for your quick reply.
I do that too, and recommend it: combine everything into a single cursor.
Typically, this may be done with a single SQL - SELECT command, or with several. Sometimes, a series of SQL - SELECT commands are convenient; in other, more complicated, cases, some loop may have to be written. But for many reports, a series of SQL - SELECT commands is sufficient. (I found that even if you can use a single SQL - SELECT command to combine 10 tables, performance is much, much faster if it is separated into several commands: the result of the first two tables is combined with the third table, etc.)
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