SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch(3)

SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch3

Fetch some rows from a cursor

Usage

void SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch(Portal portal, FetchDirection direction,
                             long count)

Overview

SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch fetches some rows from a cursor. This is equivalent to the SQL command FETCH.

Arguments

Portal portal

portal containing the cursor

FetchDirection direction

one of FETCH_FORWARD, FETCH_BACKWARD, FETCH_ABSOLUTE or FETCH_RELATIVE

long count

number of rows to fetch for FETCH_FORWARD or FETCH_BACKWARD; absolute row number to fetch for FETCH_ABSOLUTE; or relative row number to fetch for FETCH_RELATIVE

Return value

SPI_processed and SPI_tuptable are set as in SPI_execute if successful.

Notes

See the SQL FETCH(7) command for details of the interpretation of the direction and count parameters.

Direction values other than FETCH_FORWARD may fail if the cursor's plan was not created with the CURSOR_OPT_SCROLL option.

From postgresql 18.6-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.