Doubts on cursors

Hi All,

While looking for cursor explanation in forums, I have encountered this sentence regularly. Can any one read and help me understanding this.........""If the addition WITH HOLD is specified, the database cursor is not closed in an explicitly triggered database commit or database rollback, for example Native SQL. The addition WITH HOLD cannot be specified if the cursor is to be opened for a secondary database connection"".

Again I dont get a real practical explanation on cursors. Its all the same bookish language everywhere. Please Help.

Thanks.