Commit 843c6546 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Add cross-references from the DECLARE and FETCH reference pages to

the plpgsql documentation about cursors.  Per a suggestion from
Matthew Wakeling.
parent 51781146
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PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
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...@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INSENSITI ...@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INSENSITI
After the cursor is created, rows are fetched from it using After the cursor is created, rows are fetched from it using
<xref linkend="sql-fetch" endterm="sql-fetch-title">. <xref linkend="sql-fetch" endterm="sql-fetch-title">.
</para> </para>
<note>
<para>
This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level.
If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</>
function, the rules are different &mdash;
see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1> </refsect1>
<refsect1> <refsect1>
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.42 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.43 2009/04/10 17:56:21 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
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...@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">direction</replaceable> can be empty or one ...@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">direction</replaceable> can be empty or one
row. This will succeed unless the cursor is positioned before the row. This will succeed unless the cursor is positioned before the
first row or after the last row; in which case, no row is returned. first row or after the last row; in which case, no row is returned.
</para> </para>
<note>
<para>
This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level.
If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</>
function, the rules are different &mdash;
see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1> </refsect1>
<refsect1> <refsect1>
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