CLOSE()				 SQL Commands			       CLOSE()



NAME
       CLOSE - close a cursor


SYNOPSIS
       CLOSE name


DESCRIPTION
       CLOSE  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 ROLLBACK. If the
       creating transaction successfully commits, the holdable cursor  remains
       open until an explicit CLOSE is executed, or the client disconnects.

PARAMETERS
       name   The name of an open cursor to close.

NOTES
       PostgreSQL does not have an explicit OPEN cursor statement; a cursor is
       considered open when it	is  declared.  Use  the	 DECLARE  [declare(7)]
       statement to declare a cursor.

EXAMPLES
       Close the cursor liahona:

       CLOSE liahona;


COMPATIBILITY
       CLOSE is fully conforming with the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO
       DECLARE [declare(7)], FETCH [fetch(l)], MOVE [move(l)]



SQL - Language Statements	  2010-12-14			       CLOSE()