On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> James William Pye <pgsql(at)jwp(dot)name> writes:
>> Is there anyway to bind a cursor with SCROLL and WITH HOLD at the
>> protocol level?
>
> No, and for at least the first of those I don't see the point,
> since the protocol doesn't offer any behavior other than forward
> fetch.
That protocol level inability doesn't keep you from using MOVE on
cursor's name.
And yes, it yield the appropriate errors when you try to MOVE
backwards on a protocol declared cursor.