On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Jeevan Chalke <jeevan.cha...@enterprisedb.com> writes: > > 1. I have two functions func1 and func2. > > 2. func1 calls func2 > > 3. Both has cursor with same name, say mycursor > > 4. Somehow I forgot closing it > > 5. executing func1 throws an error 'cursor "mycursor" already in use' > > > Is this expected behavior??? > > Yes ... or at least, it's always been like that. > > > I just mingled around the code and later appended a cursor count to the > > cursor name to allow same cursor name in nested levels. > > That would break code that expects the cursor name to be what it said > it should be. It is documented that you can refer to cursors by name > across multiple functions. > Hmm... got it. Thanks for the clarification. > > regards, tom lane > -- Jeevan B Chalke Senior Software Engineer, R&D EnterpriseDB Corporation The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company Phone: +91 20 30589500 Website: www.enterprisedb.com EnterpriseDB Blog: http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/ Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/enterprisedb This e-mail message (and any attachment) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. This message contains information from EnterpriseDB Corporation that may be privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or authorized to receive this for the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, retention, archiving, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message.