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How to: Obtain a FAST_FORWARD Cursor

To obtain a forward-only, read-only cursor, set the rowset properties DBPROP_SERVERCURSOR, DBPROP_OTHERINSERT, DBPROP_OTHERUPDATEDELETE, DBPROP_OWNINSERT, and DBPROP_OWNUPDATEDELETE to VARIANT_TRUE.

A complete sample shows how to set the rowset properties to obtain a FAST_FORWARD cursor. After the properties are set, a SELECT statement is executed to retrieve and display the Name column of the Purchasing.Vendor table in the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.

The complete sample code is in the file GetFastForwardCursor.cpp. You can download an archive containing the sample from the SQL Server Downloads page on MSDN.

This sample was developed using Microsoft Visual C++ 2005.

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To obtain FAST_FORWARD cursor

  1. Establish a connection to the data source.

  2. Set the rowset properties DBPROP_SERVERCURSOR, DBPROP_OTHERINSERT, DBPROP_OTHERUPDATEDELETE, DBPROP_OWNINSERT, and DBPROP_OWNUPDATEDELETE to VARIANT_TRUE.

  3. Execute the command.