> The risk is to get an incorrect result and no error message: what you
> said you wanted to avoid in the first place. Perhaps, if more than one
> column is involved, reverting to the fetch-all mechanism is not too bad
> of an idea.
> When a select distinct is made, there aren't usually many records
> involved, after all.

I don't have a choice since a FetchAll in a unidirectional cursor kind of
messes things up. I am confident an accurate enough answer will be given.

Thanks,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
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