>>Hi All,
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>>I need to allow a user to read data into a table for processing in my app. I dont know how much data he may read in from a 3rd party source but when the application is done it can discard the data, I dont need it once the app is exited. My question is should I use a disk file table or a memory cursor? Is there any concerns about resources if the user reads in a lot of data?
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>Just use a cursor. It stops existing when it is closed
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>If it contains a lot of data it will be stored in your tmp directory

Thanks Greg and Sergey.

I thought so but was not sure if the file became very large whether it would not be more efficient to just start with a disk file and manually delete it myself ?