Re: plpgsql does not close cursors when a block ends

Marcel Gsteiger wrote:
> I created a plpgsql function declaring and then using a cursor.
> After opening and using this cursor, I forgot to close it.  Now
> when the function terminates, this cursor remains open.  Then,
> when I call the function again with other parameters, the OPEN
> CURSOR complains about the cursor declared within the function
> already being open.

The system is working as designed.

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