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.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2024
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation
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.SH "NAME"
SPI_cursor_move \- move a cursor
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
void SPI_cursor_move(Portal \fIportal\fR, bool \fIforward\fR, long \fIcount\fR)
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSPI_cursor_move\fR
skips over some number of rows in a cursor\&. This is equivalent to a subset of the SQL command
\fBMOVE\fR
(see
\fBSPI_scroll_cursor_move\fR
for more functionality)\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
Portal \fIportal\fR
.RS 4
portal containing the cursor
.RE
.PP
bool \fIforward\fR
.RS 4
true for move forward, false for move backward
.RE
.PP
long \fIcount\fR
.RS 4
maximum number of rows to move
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
Moving backward may fail if the cursor\*(Aqs plan was not created with the
CURSOR_OPT_SCROLL
option\&.