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Portal SPI_cursor_open(const char * <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em>, SPIPlanPtr <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em>,
Datum * <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em>, const char * <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em>,
bool <em class="parameter"><code>read_only</code></em>)
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.16.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="function">SPI_cursor_open</code> sets up a cursor (internally,
a portal) that will execute a statement prepared by
<code class="function">SPI_prepare</code>. The parameters have the same
meanings as the corresponding parameters to
<code class="function">SPI_execute_plan</code>.
</p><p>
Using a cursor instead of executing the statement directly has two
benefits. First, the result rows can be retrieved a few at a time,
avoiding memory overrun for queries that return many rows. Second,
a portal can outlive the current C function (it can, in fact, live
to the end of the current transaction). Returning the portal name
to the C function's caller provides a way of returning a row set as
result.
</p><p>
The passed-in parameter data will be copied into the cursor's portal, so it
can be freed while the cursor still exists.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.16.6"><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">const char * <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
name for portal, or <code class="symbol">NULL</code> to let the system
select a name
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">SPIPlanPtr <em class="parameter"><code>plan</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
prepared statement (returned by <code class="function">SPI_prepare</code>)
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">Datum * <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
An array of actual parameter values. Must have same length as the
statement's number of arguments.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">const char * <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
An array describing which parameters are null. Must have same length as
the statement's number of arguments.
</p><p>
If <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em> is <code class="symbol">NULL</code> then
<code class="function">SPI_cursor_open</code> assumes that no parameters
are null. Otherwise, each entry of the <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em>
array should be <code class="literal">' '</code> if the corresponding parameter
value is non-null, or <code class="literal">'n'</code> if the corresponding parameter
value is null. (In the latter case, the actual value in the
corresponding <em class="parameter"><code>values</code></em> entry doesn't matter.) Note
that <em class="parameter"><code>nulls</code></em> is not a text string, just an array:
it does not need a <code class="literal">'\0'</code> terminator.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">bool <em class="parameter"><code>read_only</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p><code class="literal">true</code> for read-only execution</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.8.12.8.16.7"><h2>Return Value</h2><p>
Pointer to portal containing the cursor. Note there is no error
return convention; any error will be reported via <code class="function">elog</code>.
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