which cursor is fast??

[urchin556]

hi Friends,
I just want to know whether implicit cursor is fast or explicit cursor??i know when they are used but when u have select statement which will retrieve only 1 record..we use implict cursor and we can use explicit cursor as well.which will be faster and why?

 

[jaggiebunnet]

Read the reasons why Impicit cursors are the best from the man himself:

http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:1544606261686