-STATEMENT-1">
+
- DECLARE STATEMENT
+ DECLARE
SQL - Language Statements
- DECLARE STATEMENT
+ DECLARE
- Declares a cursor
+ Defines a cursor for table access
- 1998-04-15
+ 1998-09-04
- DECLARE cursor [ BINARY ]
- FOR SELECT query
+DECLARE cursor [ BINARY ] [ INSENSITIVE ] [ SCROLL ]
+ CURSOR FOR query
+ [ FOR { READ ONLY | UPDATE [ OF column [, ...] ] ]
- STATEMENT-1">
+
1998-04-15
-
-
-
-
-
- BINARYe>
+ cursore>
- The BINARY keyword causes the cursor to fetch data in binary
- rather than in ASCII format.
+ The name of the cursor to be used in subsequent FETCH operations..
+
- cursor
+ BINARY
- The cursor's name.
+ Causes the cursor to fetch data in binary
+ rather than in text format.
+
- query
+ INSENSITIVE
- An SQL query which will provide the rows to be governed by the
- cursor.
+
SQL92 keyword indicating that data retrieved
+from the cursor should be unaffected by updates from other processes or cursors.
+Since cursor operations occur within transactions
+ in
Postgres this is always the case.
+This keyword has no effect.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ SCROLL
+
+
+
SQL92 keyword indicating that data may be retrieved
+in multiple rows per FETCH operation. Since this is allowed at all times
+by
Postgres this keyword has no effect.
+
+
+
+
+
+ query
+
+
+ An SQL query which will provide the rows to be governed by the
+ cursor.
Refer to the SELECT statement for further information about
valid arguments.
-
-
-
+
+
+
+ READ ONLY
+
+
+
SQL92 keyword indicating that the cursor will be used
+in a readonly mode. Since this is the only cursor access mode
+available in
Postgres this keyword has no effect.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ UPDATE
+
+
+
SQL92 keyword indicating that the cursor will be used
+to update tables. Since cursor updates are not currently
+supported in
Postgres this keyword
+provokes an informational error message.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ column
+
+
+Column(s) to be updated.
+Since cursor updates are not currently
+supported in
Postgres the UPDATE clause
+provokes an informational error message.
+
+
+
+
- STATEMENT-2">
+
1998-04-15
+
-
-
-
-
-
- SELECT
+ SELECT
+
- NOTICE
- BlankPortalAssignName: portal "cursor" already exists
+ NOTICE
+ BlankPortalAssignName: portal "cursor" already exists
-
-
-
+
+
+
+ERROR: Named portals may only be used in begin/end transaction blocks
+
+
+This error occurs if the cursor is not declared within a transaction block.
+
+
+
+
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+
- 1998-04-15
+ 1998-09-04
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<div class="diff ctx"> Description</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> DECLARE allows a user to create cursors, which can be used to retrieve</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> a small number of rows at a time out of a larger query. Cursors can return</div>
<div class="diff rem">- data either in <span class="marked">ASCII</span> or in binary foramt.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ data either in <span class="marked">text</span> or in binary foramt.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">- Normal cursors return data in ASCII format. Since</div>
<div class="diff add">+ Normal cursors return data in text format, either ASCII or another</div>
<div class="diff add">+encoding scheme depending on how the <productname>Postgres</productname></div>
<div class="diff add">+backend was built. Since</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> data is stored natively in binary format, the system must</div>
<div class="diff rem">- do a conversion to produce the <span class="marked">ASCII</span> format. In addition,</div>
<div class="diff rem">- <span class="marked">ASCII formats are often larger in size than</span> binary format.</div>
<div class="diff rem">- Once the information comes back in <span class="marked">ASCII</span>, the client</div>
<div class="diff rem">- application <span class="marked">often has</span> to convert it to a binary format to</div>
<div class="diff add">+ do a conversion to produce the <span class="marked">text</span> format. In addition,</div>
<div class="diff add">+ <span class="marked">text formats are often larger in size than the corresponding</span> binary format.</div>
<div class="diff add">+ Once the information comes back in <span class="marked">text form</span>, the client</div>
<div class="diff add">+ application <span class="marked">may have</span> to convert it to a binary format to</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> manipulate it anyway.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> BINARY cursors give you back the data in the native binary</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> representation. So binary cursors will tend to be a</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> little faster since they suffer less conversion overhead.</div>
<div class="diff rem">- For example, for an integer column, you get a C integer number like ^A</div>
<div class="diff rem">- using a binary cursor, while you get a string value like '1'</div>
<div class="diff rem">- using the non binary cursor.</div>
<div class="diff rem">- </PARA></div>
<div class="diff add">+<para></div>
<div class="diff add">+ As an example, if a query returns a value of one from an integer column,</div>
<div class="diff add">+you would get a string of '1' with a default cursor</div>
<div class="diff add">+whereas with a binary cursor you would get</div>
<div class="diff add">+ a 4-byte value equal to control-A ('^A').</div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+<caution></div>
<div class="diff add">+<para></div>
<div class="diff add">+BINARY cursors should be used carefully. User applications such</div>
<div class="diff add">+as <application>psql</application> are not aware of binary cursors</div>
<div class="diff add">+and expect data to come back in a text format.</div>
<div class="diff add">+</caution></div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">- However, <span class="marked">ASCII</span> is architecture-neutral whereas binary</div>
<div class="diff add">+ However, <span class="marked">string representation</span> is architecture-neutral whereas binary</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> representation can differ between different machine architectures.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Therefore, if your client machine and server machine use different</div>
<div class="diff rem">- representations, you will probably not want your data returned in</div>
<div class="diff add">+ representations (e.g. "big-endian" versus "little-endian"),</div>
<div class="diff add">+ you will probably not want your data returned in</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> binary format.</div>
<div class="diff rem">- Again, if you intend to display the data in</div>
<div class="diff add">+</div>
<div class="diff add">+<tip></div>
<div class="diff add">+<para></div>
<div class="diff add">+ If you intend to display the data in</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> ASCII, getting it back in ASCII will save you some</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> effort on the client side.</div>
<div class="diff add">+</tip></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </div>
<div class="diff rem">- <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DECLARE<span class="marked">STATEMENT</span>-3"></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DECLARE-3"></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff rem">- <DATE>1998-0<span class="marked">4-15</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff add">+ <DATE>1998-0<span class="marked">9-04</span></DATE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT2INFO></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TITLE></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> Notes</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> Cursors are only available in transactions.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">- PostgreSQL does not have an explicit <command>OPEN cursor</command></div>
<div class="diff rem">- statement; a cursor is considered to be open when it is DECLAREd. </div>
<div class="diff add">+ <productname>Postgres</productname></div>
<div class="diff add">+ does not have an explicit <command>OPEN cursor</command></div>
<div class="diff add">+ statement; a cursor is considered to be open when it is declared.</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT2></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </refsect1></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> SQL92</div>
<div class="diff ctx">
- SQL92 specifies some additional capabilities for the DECLARE statement:
-
-
- DECLARE cursor [ INSENSITIVE ] [ SCROLL ] CURSOR
- FOR SELECT expression
- [ ORDER BY column [, ... ] [ ASC | DESC ]
- [ FOR { READ ONLY | UPDATE [ OF column [, ...] ] } ]
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- INSENSITIVE
-
- UPDATE and DELETE CURRENT operations are not allowed
- if the cursor is declared to be INSENSITIVE.
-
-
-
-
- SCROLL
-
- If SCROLL is not specified, only FETCH NEXT will be allowed.
-
-
-
-
- FOR READ ONLY/UPDATE
-
- If READ ONLY is specified, UPDATE/DELETE CURRENT operations
- will not be allowed.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
SQL92 allows cursors only in embedded
SQL+and in modules.
Postgres permits cursors to be used
+interactively.
+
SQL92 allows embedded or modular cursors to
+update database information.
+All
Postgres cursors are readonly.
+The BINARY keyword is a
Postgres extension.
+
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