43.36. pg_cursors

The pg_cursors view lists the cursors that are currently available. Cursors can be defined in several ways:

The pg_cursors view displays cursors created by any of these means. Cursors only exist for the duration of the transaction that defines them, unless they have been declared WITH HOLD . Therefore non-holdable cursors are only present in the view until the end of their creating transaction.

Note: Cursors are used internally to implement some of the components of PostgreSQL , such as procedural languages. Therefore, the pg_cursors view may include cursors that have not been explicitly created by the user.

Table 43-36. pg_cursors Columns

Name Type Description  
name text The name of the cursor  
statement text The verbatim query string submitted to declare this cursor  
is_holdable boolean true if the cursor is holdable (that is, it can be accessed after the transaction that declared the cursor has committed); false otherwise  
is_binary boolean true if the cursor was declared BINARY ; false otherwise  
is_scrollable boolean true if the cursor is scrollable (that is, it allows rows to be retrieved in a nonsequential manner); false otherwise  
creation_time timestamptz The time at which the cursor was declared  

The pg_cursors view is read only.