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OPEN CURSOR [WITH HOLD] dbcur FOR
SELECT result
FROM source
[[FOR ALL ENTRIES IN itab] WHERE sql_cond]
[GROUP BY
group] [HAVING group_cond]
[ORDER BY sort_key].
Addition:
Effect
This statement opens a database cursor for the selection defined after FOR, and associates a cursor variable dbcur with this database cursor. The result set of the selection can be read with the statement FETCH.
dbcur expects a declared variable with the specific predefined data type cursor. A database cursor dbcur that has already been opened cannot be opened again. A line of the result set is always assigned to an opened database cursor as a cursor position. After the OPEN CURSOR statement, the database cursor is positioned in front of the first line of the result set.
After FOR, the syntax of a SELECT statement can be entered which contains all the additions of the normal SELECT statement, except for INTO and APPENDING. In the addition result, the addition SINGLE also cannot be used after SELECT.
Only a limited number of database cursors can be open at the same time. An open database cursor can be closed using the statement CLOSE CURSOR. In addition, an open database cursor is closed for a database commit or a database rollback.
If a cursor variable dbcur of an open database cursor is assigned to another cursor variable or passed as a parameter, the latter is associated with the same database cursor at the same position. A cursor variable of an open database cursor can also be passed to procedures that have been called externally, to enable the database cursor to be accessed from there.
Notes
... WITH HOLD
Effect
If the addition WITH HOLD is specified, the database cursor is not closed by a database commit executed using Native SQL.
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