ecpg did not precompile declare cursor

Hello,

I have downloaded postgresql 7.2 on my machine.
Running ecpg on my .ec-file I found that ecpg did not process
the statements "exec sql declare xxx cursor for select.

The part in my .ec-file:
if ( firstcall )
   {
   calid1 = calid;
   EXEC SQL DECLARE CURMFDPOINT CURSOR FOR SELECT STABLE_OR_INSTABLE ,
            HIERARCHY , POINT_ID , X1 , P1 , X2 , P2 FROM MANIFOLD_POINTS WHERE
            CAL_ID = :calid1;
   raiseerror( );
   firstcall = false;
   }

was transformed into
if ( firstcall )
   {
   calid1 = calid;
   /* declare CURMFDPOINT  cursor for select  STABLE_OR_INSTABLE  , HIERARCHY  , POINT_ID  , X1  , P1  , X2  , P2
fromMANIFOLD_POINTS where CAL_ID  = ?   */ 
#line 224 "dbcontrol.ec"

   raiseerror( );
   firstcall = false;
   }
So the declare cursor statement was just commented out. As a consequence the
programm terminated with sqlca.sqlcode=-602 when doing the according
fetch statement.

best regards
Bernhard Rueckerl

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