NAME¶

MOVE - position a cursor

SYNOPSIS¶

MOVE [ direction ] [ FROM | IN ] cursor_name
where direction can be one of:


    NEXT


    PRIOR


    FIRST


    LAST


    ABSOLUTE count


    RELATIVE count


    count


    ALL


    FORWARD


    FORWARD count


    FORWARD ALL


    BACKWARD


    BACKWARD count


    BACKWARD ALL

DESCRIPTION¶

MOVE repositions a cursor without retrieving any data. MOVE works exactly like the FETCH command, except it only positions the cursor and does not return rows.

The parameters for the MOVE command are identical to those of the FETCH command; refer to FETCH(7) for details on syntax and usage.

OUTPUTS¶

On successful completion, a MOVE command returns a command tag of the form

MOVE count

The count is the number of rows that a FETCH command with the same parameters would have returned (possibly zero).

EXAMPLES¶

BEGIN WORK;
DECLARE liahona CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM films;
-- Skip the first 5 rows:
MOVE FORWARD 5 IN liahona;
MOVE 5
-- Fetch the 6th row from the cursor liahona:
FETCH 1 FROM liahona;


 code  | title  | did | date_prod  |  kind  |  len
-------+--------+-----+------------+--------+-------


 P_303 | 48 Hrs | 103 | 1982-10-22 | Action | 01:37
(1 row)
-- Close the cursor liahona and end the transaction:
CLOSE liahona;
COMMIT WORK;

COMPATIBILITY¶

There is no MOVE statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO¶

CLOSE(7), DECLARE(7), FETCH(7)