Update the documentation on implicit results based on feedback.

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Anthony Tuininga 2016-02-02 07:59:50 -07:00
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@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle and
conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a number of
additions. The time data type is not supported by Oracle and is therefore not
implemented. The method cursor.nextset() is not implemented either as the DB
API specification assumes an implementation of cursors that fits poorly with
Oracle's implementation of implicit results. Instead, the method
cursor.getimplicitresults() can be used (only available with Oracle Database
12.1 and later).
API specification assumes an implementation of cursors that does not fit well
with Oracle's implementation of cursors and implicit results. See the method
cursor.getimplicitresults() for more information.
See http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html for more
information on the Python database API specification. See the included

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@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ Cursor Object
.. note::
The DB API definition does not define this method and it is only
available for Oracle 12c.
available for Oracle Database 12.1 (both client and server must be at
this level or higher). It is most like the DB API method nextset(), but
unlike that method (which requires that the next result set overwrite
the current result set), this method returns cursors which can be fetched
independently of each other.
.. attribute:: Cursor.inputtypehandler