>>>(Tore: any reason for suggesting a cursor over ALINES() ?)
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>>Using a cursor should be faster than using an array.
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>Do you mean that it would be faster to populate the cursor than to create the array or that processing the results would be quicker with a cursor, or both ?
>(IAC I've a sneakin' suspicion that you're right)
Personally I find cursors much easier to work with than arrays. And often also faster.