Oleg Bartunov <obartu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed there is nothing available in built-in psql help about
> OPEN command. Does it intentional ?
>
> postgres=# \h open
> No help available for "open".
> Try \h with no arguments to see available help.

PostgreSQL does not include OPEN as a SQL command:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-commands.html

DECLARE CURSOR opens the cursor immediately.

Some PLs include an OPEN statement, but psql does not have help for all the PLs.

As an example, plpgsql supports OPEN:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-OPENING

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