Virtuoso/PL cursor types are specified at declaration time. Unlike the forward-only cursor declaration the scrollable cursor DECLARE CURSOR causes some actions (cursor statement preparation & cursor variable assignment). The cursor variable's value can not be copied, it should be passed only by reference in procedure calls. Scrollable cursors have an appropriate destructor, which will close the cursor when the cursor variable goes out of scope. Variables in the surrounding context are referenced similarly to the forward-only cursor.

	Note:
	Some types of statements do not allow other cursor types than static. For example SELECT DISTINCT will always result in a static cursor, ignoring the cursor declared type.