From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Don Croata <el.croata@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Cursors and recursion
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:48:25 -0500
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Don Croata <el.croata@gmail.com> writes:
> It's a function who has a cursor and calls itself, but the problem raises
> after the first recursion, when PgSQL complains:
> ERROR: cursor "cur" already in use
> Are the cursors kept globally? or cached like TEMP TABLE?
Cursor names are global within a particular session.
IIRC there is a syntax for opening a cursor without specifying a name,
in which case plpgsql will pick one that's not in use. This is probably
what you want to use.
regards, tom lane
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