Re: DECLARE CURSOR

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?

-frank