Hello

I propose new kind of FOR statement .. iteration over cursor, There
are two reasons:

a) better readability of procedure; - SQL statement is outside of statement,

b) better conformance with PL/SQL.

Sample:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo()
RETURNS void AS $$
DECLARE
c CURSOR(p integer)
FOR SELECT *
FROM foot
WHERE a = p;
BEGIN
FOR r IN c(10) LOOP
RAISE NOTICE '%', r.a;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END;
$$ FUNCTION plpgsql;

Syntax:

FOR recordvar IN cursor[ ( params ) ] LOOP
..
END LOOP;

Notes:
recordvar is local in statement body (like fori). Used cursor is
automatically opened and closed.

Lot of code can be shared with fors and dynafors (some with stmt_open).

Regards
Pavel Stehule

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