Re: Why am I getting a "cursor already in use" error?

From: CLIFFORD ILKAY <postgres(at)dinamis(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why am I getting a "cursor already in use" error?
Date: 2003-11-19 07:05:18
Message-ID: 5.2.0.9.0.20031119020207.029b8260@localhost
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At 22:42 18/11/2003 -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to create a PL/PGSQL stored proc in PostgreSQL 7.3.2 on
>Mandrake 9.1. I keep getting a "cursor already in use" error even though I
>only open the cursor once, fetch using that cursor, and then close the
>cursor when I am finished with it. Why is this happening? I have pasted
>the code at <http://www.paste.msunix.org/index.php?view=3012>.

Never mind. I was invoking the stored procedure incorrectly.

Incorrect:

select fx_extract_email_address('1111') from people;

Correct:
select * from fx_extract_email_address('1111');

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Tel: 416-410-3326

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