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15.6.6 Cursors

MySQL supports cursors inside stored programs. The syntax is as in embedded SQL. Cursors have these properties:

  • Asensitive: The server may or may not make a copy of its result table

  • Read only: Not updatable

  • Nonscrollable: Can be traversed only in one direction and cannot skip rows

Cursor declarations must appear before handler declarations and after variable and condition declarations.

Example:

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CREATE PROCEDURE curdemo() BEGIN DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE; DECLARE a CHAR(16); DECLARE b, c INT; DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT id,data FROM test.t1; DECLARE cur2 CURSOR FOR SELECT i FROM test.t2; DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE; OPEN cur1; OPEN cur2; read_loop: LOOP FETCH cur1 INTO a, b; FETCH cur2 INTO c; IF done THEN LEAVE read_loop; END IF; IF b < c THEN INSERT INTO test.t3 VALUES (a,b); ELSE INSERT INTO test.t3 VALUES (a,c); END IF; END LOOP; CLOSE cur1; CLOSE cur2; END;