According to SQL specifications: If "READ ONLY" is not specified in cursor declaration then for update is implicit.
Anyway, even if i specify "for update" in the declare clause, behaviour is same. DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test; create table test (num int,num2 int ); insert into test values(1,100); insert into test values(2,200); insert into test values(3,300); insert into test values(4,400); insert into test values(5,500); BEGIN; DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY num FOR UPDATE; FETCH 2 FROM c; UPDATE test SET num = 500 WHERE CURRENT OF c; ERROR: cursor "c" is not a simply updatable scan of table "test" SELECT * FROM test; FETCH 2 FROM c; COMMIT; SELECT * FROM test; FETCH 2 FROM c; COMMIT; Regards, Dharmendra www.enterprisedb.com On 10/25/07, Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 12:28 +0530, Dharmendra Goyal wrote: > > If a cursor is declared using "Order by" then it gives following > > error > > during updation of the cursor: > > ERROR: cursor "c" is not a simply updatable scan of table "test" > > Ex: > > DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test; > > create table test (num int,num2 int ); > > insert into test values(1,100); > > insert into test values(2,200); > > insert into test values(3,300); > > insert into test values(4,400); > > insert into test values(5,500); > > BEGIN; > > DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY num; > > FETCH 2 FROM c; > > UPDATE test SET num = 500 WHERE CURRENT OF c; > > ERROR: cursor "c" is not a simply updatable scan of table "test" > > > Comments for this...?? > > You haven't specified FOR UPDATE on the query in the DECLARE clause. > > -- > Simon Riggs > 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com > >
