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DECLARE CURSOR statement 

The DECLARE CURSOR statement defines a named result table (see named/unnamed result table) with the name result_table_name .

Syntax

<declare_cursor_statement> ::= DECLARE <result_table_name> CURSOR FOR <select_statement>

result_table_name, select_statement

Explanation

An OPEN CURSOR statement with the name of the result table is required to actually generate the result table defined with a DECLARE CURSOR statement.

See also:

SELECT statement (select_statement)

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