---
title: "Fetching Data"
description: "Fetching Data"
author: David-Engel
ms.author: davidengel
ms.date: "01/19/2017"
ms.service: sql
ms.subservice: connectivity
ms.topic: conceptual
helpviewer_keywords:
  - "result sets [ODBC], fetching"
  - "fetches [ODBC], defined"
---
# Fetching Data
The process of retrieving rows from the result set and returning them to the application is called *fetching*. This section describes how to fetch data.  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Cursors](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/cursors.md)  
  
-   [Fetching a Row of Data](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/fetching-a-row-of-data.md)  
  
-   [Getting Long Data](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/getting-long-data.md)