PostgreSQL
Description
CLOSE
frees the resources associated with an open cursor. After the cursor is closed, no subsequent operations are allowed on it. A cursor should be closed when it is no longer needed.
Every non-holdable open cursor is implicitly closed when a transaction is terminated by COMMIT
or ROLLBACK
. A holdable cursor is implicitly closed if the transaction that created it aborts via ROLLBACK
. If the creating transaction successfully commits, the holdable cursor remains open until an explicit CLOSE
is executed, or the client disconnects.
Notes
PostgreSQL does not have an explicit OPEN
cursor statement; a cursor is considered open when it is declared. Use the DECLARE statement to declare a cursor.
You can see all available cursors by querying the pg_cursors
system view.
If a cursor is closed after a savepoint which is later rolled back, the CLOSE
is not rolled back; that is, the cursor remains closed.
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