CLOSE

Description

frees the resources associated with an open cursor. After the cursor is closed, no subsequent operations are allowed on it. A cursor should be closed when it is no longer needed.

Every non-holdable open cursor is implicitly closed when a transaction is terminated by COMMIT or ROLLBACK. A holdable cursor is implicitly closed if the transaction that created it aborts via . If the creating transaction successfully commits, the holdable cursor remains open until an explicit CLOSE is executed, or the client disconnects.

The name of an open cursor to close.

Notes

Greenplum Database does not have an explicit OPEN cursor statement. A cursor is considered open when it is declared. Use the statement to declare (and open) a cursor.

Close the cursor portala:

Compatibility

CLOSE is fully conforming with the SQL standard.

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