MOVE SQL - Language Statements MOVE reposition a cursor MOVE MOVE [ direction { FROM | IN } ] cursor MOVE repositions a cursor without retrieving any data. MOVE works exactly like the FETCH command, except it only repositions the cursor and does not return rows. Refer to for details on syntax and usage. The count returned in MOVE's status string is the count of the number of rows that would have been returned by the equivalent FETCH command. BEGIN WORK; DECLARE liahona CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM films; -- Skip the first 5 rows: MOVE FORWARD 5 IN liahona; MOVE 5 -- Fetch the 6th row from the cursor liahona: FETCH 1 FROM liahona; code | title | did | date_prod | kind | len -------+--------+-----+------------+--------+------- P_303 | 48 Hrs | 103 | 1982-10-22 | Action | 01:37 (1 row) -- Close the cursor liahona and end the transaction: CLOSE liahona; COMMIT WORK; There is no MOVE statement in the SQL standard.