Re: Bug #668: cursors with params: mismatched parentheses;

I don't know what syntax uses parens for stored procedure cursors, but
we don't support it. Place the '1' in the cursor WHERE clause. You
can't pass it into the cursor using parens.

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pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:
> Eduardo Rambo (rambo(at)portoweb(dot)com(dot)br) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> cursors with params: mismatched parentheses;
>
> Long Description
> cursors with parameters do not seems to work. Is that implemented?
>
> I tried many differents ways and get the same result:
>
> mismatched parentheses,
>
> no matter what table or data type the cursor is based on.
>
> I have a linux conectiva 5 (derrived of Red Hat 7.0), and
> Postgres 7.2.1.
>
>
>
> Sample Code
> create table tab_teste (codigo int primary key ,campo varchar(100));
>
> CREATE or replace FUNCTION fteste(int)
> RETURNS numeric
> AS '
> DECLARE
> curs3 CURSOR (key int) IS SELECT * from tab_teste where codigo = key;
> reg tab_teste%ROWTYPE;
> BEGIN
>
> OPEN curs3(1);
> FETCH curs3 INTO reg;
> CLOSE curs3;
> RETURN 0;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> select fteste(11);
>
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>
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