syntax and example of CLOSE CURSOR in oracle plsql

The CLOSE CURSOR in Oracle PLSQL is used when we have finished processing the records of the CURSOR.

Syntax to use CLOSE CURSOR in Oracle SQL / PLSQL is:

CLOSE cursor_name;

Let’s understand, how to CLOSE CURSOR from the help of the below Oracle PLSQL function

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GetSalary
IS
cur_sal NUMBER;
CURSOR cur_salary
IS
  SELECT salary
  FROM employee;

BEGIN
FETCH STATEMENT cur_salary;
FETCH cur_salary IN cur_sal;
IF cur_salary%NOTFOUND THEN
      cur_sal := 100000;
END IF;

CLOSE cur_salary;
END;

The statement CLOSE cur_salary; will be used to close the cursor cur_salary.