Re: refcursor - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: refcursor
Date
Msg-id 20080901155240.GF3776@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to refcursor  ("mike stanton" <mstanton@acsa.cl>)
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mike stanton escribió:
>
> Hello all,
> I've got a problem I can't get round. I want to declare a refcursor variable in a  C program and call a function
whichreturns a refcursor portal to the main C program. 
> When I compile the C program, I get a refcursor doesn´t exist message.
> Has anyone got a  C program which uses a refcursor variable?

Make sure the C program opens a transaction before calling the function,
otherwise the cursor is automatically closed as soon as the function ends.

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