Get records count from SQL cursor

Have you thought of declaring a int then adding one to it
per record ?
Peter
"Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "the mess we're
in."
Ronald Reagan

>--Original Message--
>Hi experts,
>I have created a SQL cursor for records processing in a
stored procedure. I
>probably can use the @.@.Cursor_Rows function in order to
obtain total rows of
>record contained inside the cursor. But once I declare
the cursor as
>FAST_FORWARD, it always return me -1. I need to declare
the cursor as
>FAST_FORWARD as it really helps in tuning the
performance. Else my stored
>procedure will take longer time to execute.
>Any other way I can use to get the total records being
returned? I've tried
>to signal another SQL statement to perform the records
count but this seems
>to create redundant overhead. I believe if I can do
anything to existing
>cursor without having extra Select Count statement, it
would help to reduce
>unnecessary processing and shorten the overall time
required.
>Really appreciate for any advice or suggestion. Thanks a
lot.
>.
>I've tested to append 1 to an int variable each time while looping the curso
r
but the effect is not so significant to boost the performance...Anyway,
thanks for the suggestion...
"Peter The Spate" wrote:

> Have you thought of declaring a int then adding one to it
> per record ?
> Peter
> "Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "the mess we're
> in."
> Ronald Reagan
>
> stored procedure. I
> obtain total rows of
> the cursor as
> the cursor as
> performance. Else my stored
> returned? I've tried
> count but this seems
> anything to existing
> would help to reduce
> required.
> lot.
>