> Thanks for your answer, but to which question are you answering?
>
> Can one DECLARE, OPEN, FETCH, and CLOSE a CURSOR in one stored procedure?
> If so, how? Using IBExpert, I can't seem to DECLARE a CURSOR, much less
> OPEN, FETCH, and CLOSE it?
>
> In Helen Borrie's book, she keeps saying that CURSORs are beyond the scope
> of her book. Are CURSORs beyond the scope of Firebird too?

Robert, if you don't own the InterBase 6 Beta documentation set
or one of the manuals available on the IBPhoenix CD, then get
in touch with Firebird Stored Procedure and Triggers here:
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_intro_sp_trig


Best Regards,
Thomas Steinmaurer
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