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OPEN CURSOR - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

OPEN CURSOR [WITH HOLD] dbcur FOR 
  SELECT ... 
         FROM ... 

         [[FOR ALL ENTRIES IN itab] WHERE sql_cond] 

         [GROUP BY ...] [HAVING sql_cond] 
         [ORDER BY ...]. 

Effect

Opens a database cursor for the selection defined using SELECT and links a cursor variable dbcur with this database cursor.

Additions

• WITH HOLD
  Leaves the cursor open in the case of an explicitly triggered database commit or database rollback.
• SELECT ...
  Defines a selection set.
• FROM ...
  Specifies the database table(s).
• [FOR ALL ENTRIES IN itab] WHERE sql_cond
  Specifies a condition for the result set.
• GROUP BY ... [HAVING sql_cond]
  Compresses lines and sets a condition on the compressed lines.
• ORDER BY ...
  Sorts the result set.