Commit bf4bf092 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Revert doc change so we mention moving past the last row of a cursor.

parent 985e551b
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......@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ WARNING: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
<para>
The cursor position can be before the first row of the query result, or on
any particular row of the result.
any particular row of the result, or after the last row of the result.
When created, a cursor is positioned before the first row. After fetching
some rows, the cursor is positioned on the last row retrieved. A new
<command>FETCH</command> always steps one row in the specified direction
(if possible) before beginning to return rows. If the
<command>FETCH</command> requests more rows than available, the cursor is
left positioned on the last row of the query result (or on the first
left positioned after the last row of the query result (or before the first
row, in the case of a backward fetch). This will always be the case after
<command>FETCH ALL</>.
</para>
......@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ WARNING: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
A zero row count requests fetching the current row without moving the
cursor --- that is, re-fetching the most recently fetched row.
This will succeed unless the cursor is positioned before the
first row; in which case, no row is returned.
first row or after the last row; in which case, no row is returned.
</para>
</tip>
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......@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MOVE [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">direction</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable c
<para>
<command>MOVE</command> allows the user to move the cursor position a
specified number of rows, or to the beginning or end of the cursor.
<command>MOVE ALL</command> moves to the last row of the cursor.
<command>MOVE ALL</command> moves to the end of the cursor.
<command>MOVE</command> works exactly like the <command>FETCH</command>
command, except it only repositions the cursor and does not return rows.
</para>
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