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<REFENTRY ID="SQL-FETCH">
<REFMETA>
<REFENTRYTITLE>
FETCH
</REFENTRYTITLE>
<REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
</REFMETA>
<REFNAMEDIV>
<REFNAME>
FETCH
</REFNAME>
<REFPURPOSE>
Gets rows using a cursor
</REFPURPOSE>
<REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<DATE>1998-09-01</DATE>
</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<SYNOPSIS>
FETCH [ <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">selector</REPLACEABLE> ] [ <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">count</REPLACEABLE> ]
{ IN | FROM } <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
FETCH [ RELATIVE ] [ { [ <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">#</REPLACEABLE> | ALL | NEXT | PRIOR ] } ]
FROM ] <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
</SYNOPSIS>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-FETCH-1">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-09-01</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Inputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">selector</REPLACEABLE>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">selector</REPLACEABLE>
defines the fetch direction. It can be one
the following:
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
FORWARD
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
fetch next row(s). This is the default
if <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">selector</REPLACEABLE> is omitted.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
BACKWARD
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
fetch previous row(s).
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
RELATIVE
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Noise word for SQL92 compatibility.
</VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">count</REPLACEABLE>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">count</REPLACEABLE>
determines how many rows to fetch. It can be one of the following:
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">#</REPLACEABLE>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
A signed integer that specify how many rows to fetch.
Note that a negative integer is equivalent to changing the sense of
FORWARD and BACKWARD.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
ALL
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Retrieve all remaining rows.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
NEXT
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Equivalent to specifying a count of <command>1</command>.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
PRIOR
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Equivalent to specifying a count of <command>-1</command>.
</VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
An open cursor's name.
</variablelist>
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-FETCH-2">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Outputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
FETCH returns the results of the query defined by the specified cursor.
The following messages will be returned if the query fails:
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
NOTICE: PerformPortalFetch: portal "<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>" not found
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
If <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
is not previously declared.
The cursor must be declared within a transaction block.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
NOTICE: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<productname>Postgres</productname> does not support absolute
positioning of cursors.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
ERROR: FETCH/RELATIVE at current position is not supported
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<acronym>SQL92</acronym> allows one to repetatively retrieve the cursor
at its "current position" using the syntax
<programlisting>
FETCH RELATIVE 0 FROM <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
</programlisting>
<productname>Postgres</productname> does not currently support
this notion; in fact the value zero is reserved to indicate that
all rows should be retrieved and is equivalent to specifying the ALL keyword.
If the RELATIVE keyword has been used, the <productname>Postgres</productname>
assumes that the user intended <acronym>SQL92</acronym> behavior
and returns this error message.
</variablelist>
</REFSECT2>
</REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-FETCH-1">
<REFSECT1INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT1INFO>
<TITLE>
Description
</TITLE>
<PARA>
FETCH allows a user to retrieve rows using a cursor.
The number of rows retrieved is specified by
<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">#</REPLACEABLE>.
If the number of rows remaining in the cursor is less
than <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">#</REPLACEABLE>,
then only those available are fetched.
Substituting the keyword ALL in place of a number will
cause all remaining rows in the cursor to be retrieved.
Instances may be fetched in both FORWARD and BACKWARD
directions. The default direction is FORWARD.
<tip>
<para>
Negative numbers are now allowed to be specified for the
row count. A negative number is equivalent to reversing
the sense of the FORWARD and BACKWARD keywords. For example,
<command>FORWARD -1</command> is the same as <command>BACKWARD 1</command>.
</tip>
<para>
Note that the FORWARD and BACKWARD keywords are
<productname>Postgres</productname> extensions.
The <acronym>SQL92</acronym> syntax is also supported, specified
in the second form of the command. See below for details
on compatibility issues.
<para>
Once all rows are fetched, every other fetch access returns
no rows.
<para>
Updating data in a cursor is not supported by
<productname>Postgres</productname>,
because mapping cursor updates back to base tables is
not generally possible, as is also the case with VIEW updates.
Consequently,
users must issue explicit UPDATE commands to replace data.
<para>
Cursors may only be used inside of transactions because
the data that they store spans multiple user queries.
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-FETCH-3">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Notes
</TITLE>
<PARA>
Refer to MOVE statements to change cursor position.
Refer to DECLARE statements to declare a cursor.
Refer to BEGIN WORK, COMMIT WORK, ROLLBACK WORK statements
for further information about transactions.
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-FETCH-2">
<TITLE>
Usage
</TITLE>
<PARA>
<ProgramListing>
--set up and use a cursor:
--
BEGIN WORK;
DECLARE liahona CURSOR
FOR SELECT * FROM films;
--Fetch first 5 rows in the cursor liahona:
--
FETCH FORWARD 5 IN liahona;
code |title |did| date_prod|kind |len
-----+-----------------------+---+----------+----------+------
BL101|The Third Man |101|1949-12-23|Drama | 01:44
BL102|The African Queen |101|1951-08-11|Romantic | 01:43
JL201|Une Femme est une Femme|102|1961-03-12|Romantic | 01:25
P_301|Vertigo |103|1958-11-14|Action | 02:08
P_302|Becket |103|1964-02-03|Drama | 02:28
--Fetch previous row:
--
FETCH BACKWARD 1 IN liahona;
code |title |did| date_prod|kind |len
-----+-----------------------+---+----------+----------+------
P_301|Vertigo |103|1958-11-14|Action | 02:08
-- close the cursor and commit work:
--
CLOSE liahona;
COMMIT WORK;
</ProgramListing>
</REFSECT1>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-FETCH-3">
<TITLE>
Compatibility
</TITLE>
<PARA>
The non-embedded use of cursors is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
extension. The syntax and usage of cursors is being compared
against the embedded form of cursors defined in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
</PARA>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-FETCH-4">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-09-01</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
SQL92
</TITLE>
<PARA>
<acronym>SQL92</acronym> allows absolute positioning of the cursor for
FETCH, and allows placing the results into explicit variables.
<synopsis>
FETCH ABSOLUTE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">#</REPLACEABLE>
FROM <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">cursor</REPLACEABLE>
INTO :<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">variable</REPLACEABLE> [, ...]
</synopsis>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
ABSOLUTE
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
The cursor should be positioned to the specified absolute
row number. All row numbers in <productname>Postgres</productname>
are relative numbers so this capability is not supported.
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
:<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">variable</REPLACEABLE>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Target host variable(s).
</variablelist>
</REFENTRY>
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