a) means for determining whether suspension of the result set, access to which is maintained by a first cursor state on a side of a server and a second cursor state on a side of a client, is enabled, wherein

the result set is generated in response to execution of a query, and the act of determining whether suspension of the result is performed by a processor, and

the means for determining the result set comprises a processor;

b) means for determining if a subject row in the result set has been suspended;

c) means for determining if the subject row in the result set that is available with a first cursor and a second cursor is to be suspended, if the subject row has not been suspended;

d) means for suspending the subject row if it is determined that the subject row is to be suspended, wherein upon suspension of the subject row,

the suspended subject row in a storage area allows the client to access, without re-issuing or re-executing the query, required data or a same order of the required data of the subject row through a life of the second cursor state when the first cursor state is no longer available to the client, and

the means for suspending the subject row is invoked for execution during an absolute time period added to an average row fetch time or as a percent delay to an average row fetch time;

e) means for extracting and returning the subject row, from a suspended result set if the subject row has been suspended, or from the cursor row source if the row is not to be suspended;

f) means for repeating a)-f) until all the rows in the result set are processed; and

a display apparatus configured for displaying a result generated by the means for suspending the subject row or a tangible computer-readable medium or a storage device configured for storing the result.