Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] bug in "fetch" command?

> Can someone comment on this?  Is is a bug?

I was a bit suprised to see this behavior. I am guessing that it is a
bug. Does anyone else think so? I last tested and noticed this a week or
two ago when writing docs...

                  - Tom

> > Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > When I declare cursor for select statement without "ORDER BY" clause
> > ( select * from <tablename> ), and then attempt to fetch record
> > after last record in table, or even just give "fetch all" command,
> > all the following "fetch" commands, regardless direction, will
> > return an empty result sets.
> > If "SELECT" statement has "ORDER BY" clause, all works well.
> > Try the following sequence of SQL operators:
> >
> > begin
> > declare mycurs cursor for select * from pg_user
> > fetch all in mycurs             - OK
> > fetch backward all in mycurs  - fails
> > move backward all in mycurs
> > fetch all in mycurs           - fails
> > close mycurs
> >
> > declare mycurs cursor for select * from pg_user order by usename
> > fetch all in mycurs           - OK
> > fetch backward all in mycurs  - OK
> > move backward all in mycurs
> > fetch all in mycurs           - OK