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representing its name, so that the portal name is the same as

the cursor variable name, unless the programmer overrides it

by assignment before opening the cursor. But an unbound cursor

variable defaults to the null value initially, so it will receive

variable defaults to the null value initially, so it will receive

an automatically-generated unique name, unless overridden.

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