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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: plpgsql arrays
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:31:55 -0400
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org> wrote:
>> What would be the syntax for putting a single row from a cursor into a
>> variable? I have tried:
>> 
>> FETCH INTO left left_cursor;

> according to the docs,
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-USING

Subsequent discussion showed that the problem was Matthew hadn't found
that page.  I guess that at least the DECLARE CURSOR reference page
ought to have something like "if you are trying to use cursors in
plpgsql, see <link>".  Matthew, where *were* you looking exactly?

			regards, tom lane

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