DECLARE CURSOR

From SQL PL Guide for DB2

DECLARE CURSOR statement

The DECLARE CURSOR statement have to be used to define a cursor which you're using in your code (for more details have a look to the CURSOR describtion).

The option WITH RETURN TO CALLER/CLIENT is necessary to return the result set back to a calling stored procedure or application.

Syntax:

DECLARE <cursorname> CURSOR [WITH HOLD] [WITH RETURN TO CALLER|CLIENT] FOR <sql-statement>;

Example:

create procedure myproc ()
result sets 1
begin
  declare mycur cursor with return to client for
    select firstnme concat ' ' concat midinit concat ' ' concat lastname
    from employee;

  open mycur;
end!

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