MOVE

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 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年10月22日 | 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.

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