From 351c52139889d2d22bf18ef8b12e6607f4c2e1de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:56:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add cross-references from the DECLARE and FETCH reference
 pages to the plpgsql documentation about cursors.  Per a suggestion from
 Matthew Wakeling.

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml | 9 +++++++++
 doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml   | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
index 481aa4316a..96e1f7d272 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INSENSITI
    After the cursor is created, rows are fetched from it using
    <xref linkend="sql-fetch" endterm="sql-fetch-title">.
   </para>
+
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level.
+    If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</>
+    function, the rules are different &mdash;
+    see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">.
+   </para>
+  </note>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
index 7e69f81a97..ac392cbe88 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">direction</replaceable> can be empty or one
    row.  This will succeed unless the cursor is positioned before the
    first row or after the last row; in which case, no row is returned.
   </para>
+
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    This page describes usage of cursors at the SQL command level.
+    If you are trying to use cursors inside a <application>PL/pgSQL</>
+    function, the rules are different &mdash;
+    see <xref linkend="plpgsql-cursors">.
+   </para>
+  </note>
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
-- 
2.39.5