Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> Are cursors in plpgsql dynamic or static?
>>
>> FOR rec in SELECT f1,f2
>> FROM table1 WHERE .... LOOP
>>
>> /* some codes that manipulate table1 */
>> END LOOP;
> Technically speaking, that is not a cursor, even though it serves the same
> purpose.
> I'm pretty sure it's static, but it would be easy to test ... why don't you
> give it a try?
The result definitely will be static in 7.3. I'm not entirely sure
about prior releases: we used to manipulate the current-command counter
in a different way.
regards, tom lane
