On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Andreas Lubensky <lubensky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > When implementing a database backend with libpq I realized that it seems > to be impossible to declare a cursor on a prepared statement. Is this > correct? What is the reason for this limitation? I can't think of any but it can be trivially worked around: create or replace function f() returns void as $$ declare v cursor for select 0; $$ language sql; prepare p as select f(); postgres=# begin; BEGIN postgres=# execute p; f --- (1 row) postgres=# fetch all from v; ?column? ---------- 0 merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general