This is not a problem report. It's something that should be probaly said in the documentation.

I need to handle considerable amounts of data, and the docs aren't clear aboout when you are forcing a full load of the query results and when you are efficiently using a cursor.

Is using q.iterate() or q.scroll() the only way to use a cursor (i.e. avoid loading everything at once)? Are (can) cursors used qith q.list() or by the lazily associated collactions?

Thanks!

You can use cursor via query.scroll();
I am not sure about query.iterate().
You do NOT use a curser when using query.list();
Lazy Loading is a available for all the above methods.
You can use lazy loading with cursor or without.
Lazy Loading is a hibernate feature.
Cursors are a database feature.

Hope this helps.

I know what lazy loading means...

So, the "<one-to-many/>" relationships can't be accessed with a cursor?

¿Only q.scroll()?

I am certainly not an expert. But this should work with cursors too.