FETCH cursor-name --+------------------->-------------------+--> ;
                     +--> INTO -+-> parameter -+-------------+
                     |          +----- , <-----+             |
                     +--> USING DESCRIPTOR descriptor-name --+

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 The FETCH statement advances a cursor to the next row of its
 result table and retrieves the values from that row.  When used
 in precompiled programs or as part of an SQL module language
 procedure, FETCH assigns the values from the row to parameters.
 In interactive SQL, FETCH displays the value of the row on the
 terminal screen.

 You can use the FETCH statement in interactive SQL, in
 precompiled programs, or as part of an SQL module language
 procedure.  You cannot use the INTO and USING clauses in
 interactive SQL.  You must use either the INTO or USING clause
 in FETCH statements that are embedded in precompiled programs or
 are part of an SQL module language procedure.

 The name of the cursor from which you want to retrieve a row.

 The INTO clause specifies a list of parameters to receive the
 values SQL retrieves from the cursor.  The number of parameters
 in the list must be the same as the number of values in the row
 of the cursor.  (If any of the parameters are host structures,
 SQL counts the number of variables in that structure when it
 compares the number of parameters in the INTO clause with the
 number of values in the row.)

 The data types of parameters must be compatible with the values
 of the corresponding column of the cursor row.

 Specifies the name of a descriptor that corresponds to an SQL
 Descriptor Area (SQLDA).  In a precompiled program, if you used
 the INCLUDE statement to insert the SQLDA into your program, the
 descriptor name is simply SQLDA.  Programs that call SQL module
 language procedures must explicitly declare an SQLDA descriptor
 and can give it any name.

 An SQLDA is a collection of variables used only in dynamic SQL.
 In a FETCH statement, the SQLDA points to a number of parameters
 SQL uses to receive the values of the row.  The number of
 variables must match the number of values in the row.

 The data types of parameters must be compatible with the values
 of the corresponding column of the cursor row.