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>SPI_cursor_open</H1
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>Name</H2
>SPI_cursor_open&nbsp;--&nbsp;set up a cursor using a plan created with <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>Portal SPI_cursor_open(const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>name</TT
>, SPIPlanPtr <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>plan</TT
>,
                       Datum * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
>, const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>nulls</TT
>,
                       bool <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>read_only</TT
>)</PRE
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>   <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_cursor_open</CODE
> sets up a cursor (internally,
   a portal) that will execute a plan 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 plan 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 procedure (it can, in fact, live
   to the end of the current transaction).  Returning the portal name
   to the procedure's caller provides a way of returning a row set as
   result.
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><P
>   The passed-in data will be copied into the cursor's portal, so it
   can be freed while the cursor still exists.
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>Arguments</H2
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>name</TT
></TT
></DT
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><P
>      name for portal, or <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
> to let the system
      select a name
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SPIPlanPtr <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>plan</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      execution plan (returned by <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_prepare</CODE
>)
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>Datum * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      An array of actual parameter values.  Must have same length as the
      plan's number of arguments.
     </P
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>nulls</TT
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      An array describing which parameters are null.  Must have same length as
      the plan's number of arguments.
      <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>n</TT
> indicates a null value (entry in
      <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
> will be ignored); a space indicates a
      nonnull value (entry in <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>values</TT
> is valid).
     </P
><P
>      If <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>nulls</TT
> is <TT
CLASS="SYMBOL"
>NULL</TT
> then
      <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>SPI_cursor_open</CODE
> assumes that no parameters are
      null.
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>bool <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>read_only</TT
></TT
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><DD
><P
>      <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>true</TT
> for read-only execution
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>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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