06.04.2011 02:06, Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 4/5/2011 3:24 AM, Vlad Arkhipov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to write a C language function that has a REFCURSOR argument.
>> Could anyone please give me an example of reading from a cursor in C
>> code?
>>
>
> Sorry, I don't have a code example.
>
> A refcursor data type is basically a string, containing the name of an
> open cursor (portal). It is stored binary compatible to the text data
> type. In the C function, you extract that name (using the textout
> function) and use it inside the FETCH query as the cursor name. You
> may need to double-quote that string.
>
>
> Jan
>
Thanks for the hint. It works great.