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| author | Tom Lane | 2009-04-10 17:56:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2009-04-10 17:56:21 +0000 |
| commit | 843c6546eb6f2e09f3543a24f9c875b2f6773ff0 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c91b6cc775a4b17c3a9f3c67f972994c5b2d25c | |
| parent | 51781146a8307c18f4ee74dbe8c780910f3287b9 (diff) | |
Add cross-references from the DECLARE and FETCH reference pages to
the plpgsql documentation about cursors. Per a suggestion from
Matthew Wakeling.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml | 11 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml index 373ef39be7..641971149a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml,v 1.45 2008/11/16 17:34:28 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml,v 1.46 2009/04/10 17:56:21 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INSENSITI After the cursor is created, rows are fetched from it using <xref linkend="sql-fetch" endterm="sql-fetch-title">. </para> + + <note> + <para> + This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level. + If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</> + function, the rules are different — + see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">. + </para> + </note> </refsect1> <refsect1> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml index 0a9e6342e0..74ff297bb2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.42 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.43 2009/04/10 17:56:21 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">direction</replaceable> can be empty or one row. This will succeed unless the cursor is positioned before the first row or after the last row; in which case, no row is returned. </para> + + <note> + <para> + This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level. + If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</> + function, the rules are different — + see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">. + </para> + </note> </refsect1> <refsect1> |