Where is the error?

Hi, ALL,
I am trying to execute following piece of code:

[code]
std::string query1 = "DECLARE alltables CURSOR SELECT
table_schema, table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE
table_type = 'BASE TABLE' OR table_type = 'VIEW' OR table_type =
'LOCAL TEMPORARY';";
res = PQexec( m_db, query1.c_str() );
if( PQresultStatus( res ) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK )
{
std::wstring err = m_pimpl->m_myconv.from_bytes(
PQerrorMessage( m_db ) );
errorMsg.push_back( err );
PQclear( res );
return 1;
}
[/code]

However running it gives an error in the query:

[quote]
RROR: syntax error at or near "SELECT"
LINE 1: DECLARE alltables CURSOR SELECT table_schema, table_name FRO...

^
[/quote]

The hat symbol is pointing to the "n" in the "table_name".

However trying to execute this query (without DECLARE part) inside
psql does not return any errors and runs fine.

What am I missing?

The code is written in C++ and compiled in C++11 mode with gcc 5 on
Gentoo Linux.

Thank you.