On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 10:48:25AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Don Croata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It's a function who has a cursor and calls itself, but the problem raises > > after the first recursion, when PgSQL complains: > > > ERROR: cursor "cur" already in use > > > Are the cursors kept globally? or cached like TEMP TABLE? > > Cursor names are global within a particular session. > > IIRC there is a syntax for opening a cursor without specifying a name, > in which case plpgsql will pick one that's not in use. This is probably > what you want to use.
Or, if possible, use "FOR record_or_row IN query LOOP" instead of an explicit cursor. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-RECORDS-ITERATING -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
