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Cursor
Quick Definition
Database object for traversing result sets row by row
Full Definition
A database object used to traverse and fetch records from a result set one row at a time.
Examples
server-side pagination, large result processing, scrolling
Related Terms
sql
query-optimization
pagination
More Database Terms
Denormalization
Intentionally adding redundancy to improve reads
Partitioning
Dividing tables into smaller pieces for better performance
Database Connection
Communication channel between application and database server
Stored Procedure
Precompiled SQL stored in the database for execution
Graph Database
Database optimized for entity relationship queries
Sharding
Horizontal data partitioning across multiple instances