Update documentation to indicate why nextset() is not implemented.

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Anthony Tuininga 2016-01-25 08:38:56 -07:00
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@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ Open Source Python/Oracle Utility - cx_Oracle
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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 method cursor.nextset() and the time data type are not
supported by Oracle and are therefore not implemented.
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).
See http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html for more
information on the Python database API specification. See the included