There are few things in the programmers world that are more infuriating than a good idea badly implemented.

This one really makes my blood boil, but I will bite my tongue (once again) and hope that some day these features will be rectified.

Can you confirm that when I open a view or issue a SQL statement, that all the concerned tables as opened as well and that when I close the resulting cursor that these concerned tables remain opened unless I specifically close them myself?

Why? whywhywhywhywhywhy?

Pablo