Re: DECLARE CURSOR

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, snpe wrote:

> On Sunday 17 November 2002 05:46 am, Frank Miles wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, snpe wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 November 2002 09:29 pm, Frank Miles wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, snpe wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > When I call DECLARE CURSOR out of transaction command success,
> > > > > but cursor is not created
> > > > > Reference manual say that this get error :
> > > > > ERROR: DECLARE CURSOR may only be used in begin/end transaction
> > > > > blocks I don't find this text in pgsql source code
> > > > > What is problem ?
> > > >
> > > > According to the documentation for DECLARE CURSOR (v.7.2.x):
> > > >
> > > > "Cursors are only available in transactions. Use to BEGIN, COMMIT and
> > > > ROLLBACK to define a transaction block."
> > > >
> > > > This seems consistent with your error message. Please try
> > > > wrapping your DECLARE inside a transaction using BEGIN,...
> > >
> > > I understand it.
> > > I don't understand why 'DECLARE CURSOR' success out of a transaction
> > > - I expect error
> >
> > What version are you using? At least with 7.2.x, there is an immediate
> > error at the DECLARE statement. Perhaps I am misunderstanding your
> > question?
> >
>
> 7.3b5
> maybe, it is prepare for cursor out of a transaction (I hope)

No, you just have autocommit turned off. Which means that the second you
connect and type a command, Postgresql does an invisible begin for you.
I.e. you're ALWAYS in an uncommitted transaction. Note that you'll have
to issue a commit to get your changes into the database.