Re: MOVE in SQL vs PLPGSQL

Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> Ah, now I see what you're saying. You're quite right in your suspicions, 
> "MOVE..." isn't supported for plpgsql cursors. You could probably do 
> something with EXECUTE and returning a refcursor from a previous 
> function, but that sounds fiddly.

> I must admit, on the odd occasion I want to skip a row, I just FETCH it 
> and move on. Anyone else?

There is something on the TODO list about improving plpgsql's cursor
functionality --- there's no reason it shouldn't have MOVE, except that
no one got around to it yet.
        regards, tom lane