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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-36053

CURSOR declarations in PACKAGE BODY

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    • Q2/2025 Development

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      Under the scope of this task we'll add support for CURSOR declarations in CREATE PACKAGE BODY.

      Currently CURSORs are not supported in CREATE PACKAGE BODY. This script returns a syntax error near 'CURSOR cur IS...':

      SET sql_mode=ORACLE;
      DROP PACKAGE pkg;
      DELIMITER /
      CREATE PACKAGE pkg AS
        FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT;
      END;
      /
      CREATE PACKAGE BODY pkg AS
        vc INT := 0;
        CURSOR cur IS SELECT 1 AS c FROM DUAL; -- Error is raised incorectly
        FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT AS
        BEGIN
          OPEN cur;
          FETCH cur INTO vc;
          CLOSE cur;
          RETURN vc;
        END;
      END;
      /
      DELIMITER ;
      SELECT pkg.f1() FROM DUAL;
      

      ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; ... 'CURSOR cur IS SELECT 1 AS c FROM DUAL..';
      

      A similar script in Oracle works fine and returns "1":

      DROP PACKAGE pkg;
      CREATE PACKAGE pkg AS
        FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT;
      END;
      /
      CREATE PACKAGE BODY pkg AS
        vc INT := 0;
        CURSOR cur IS SELECT 1 AS c FROM DUAL;
        FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT AS
        BEGIN
          OPEN cur;
          FETCH cur INTO vc;
          CLOSE cur;
          RETURN vc;
        END;
      END;
      /
      SELECT pkg.f1() FROM DUAL;
      

      PKG.F1()
      1
      

      A package body CURSOR is a shared cursor instance

      The state of a package body cursor is shared between package routines.

      This script demonstrates the following scenario:

      • A package procedure open_cur_if_needed() opens the cursor (if it has not been opened earlier)
      • A package function f1() reads from the cursor (expecting that it has been opened earlier by other package routines)
      • A package procedure open_cur_if_needed() closes the cursor (if it has been opened earlier by other package routines)

      DROP PACKAGE pkg;
      CREATE PACKAGE pkg AS
        FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT;
        PROCEDURE open_cur_if_needed;
        PROCEDURE close_cur_if_needed;
      END;
      /
       
      CREATE PACKAGE BODY pkg AS
        vc INT := 0;
        CURSOR cur IS SELECT 1 AS c FROM DUAL;
        PROCEDURE open_cur_if_needed AS
        BEGIN
          IF NOT cur%ISOPEN
          THEN
            OPEN cur;
          END IF;
        END;
        PROCEDURE close_cur_if_needed AS
        BEGIN
          IF cur%ISOPEN
          THEN
            CLOSE cur;
          END IF;
        END;
       
      FUNCTION f1 RETURN INT AS
        BEGIN
          FETCH cur INTO vc;
          RETURN vc;
        END;
      END;
      /
       
      CALL pkg.open_cur_if_needed;
      SELECT pkg.f1() FROM DUAL;
      CALL pkg.close_cur_if_needed;
      

      The above script return "1".

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