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Converting FETCH LAST (informix) to postgres

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thegritche

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Jul 10, 2001
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I am currently working on queries convertion from Informix to Postgres. I have to convert tons of lines of esql/c scripts (informix) into ecpg scripts (postgres). Hence i use AWK scripts to acheve this job.

My problem is about the $FETCH LAST <cursor_name> INTO ... request. The LAST keyword means that the fetch instruction will put the &quot;last&quot; cursor line. I couldn't find an equivalent in the postgres documentation without faking the request.(with FETCH NEXT/PRIOR/ALL ...)

Can someone tell me if he/she has a solution ?

My constraints are :
- make the least changes to the original source code.
- use an iterative converting process (do not add instructions anywhere in the source code).
- do NOT modify the value of &quot;sqlca.sqlcode&quot; (it is generaly tested just after the FETCH for succes/failure)

All the statements i work on look like this :

> declare <name> cursor for select (...)
> ...
> open <name>
> ...
> fetch &quot;last&quot; <name> into <variable>
> test &quot;sqlca.sqlcode&quot; for errors
> ...
> close <name>

Note : there are no other FETCH in the statement.
 
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