---
title: "DB2 Rowset to Fetch Multi-rows Easily"
description: "WITH ROWSET POSITIONING specifies that the cursor can be used with either row-positioned or rowset-positioned FETCH statements. This cursor can be used to return either a single row or multiple rows, as a rowset, with a single FETCH statement"
url: https://srinimf.com/2010/10/16/db2-we-can-fetch-multi-rows-with-cursor/
date: 2010-10-16
modified: 2026-10-10
author: "Srini"
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categories: ["DB2"]
tags: ["Multi row fetch in DB2", "SQL tips and tricks"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# DB2 Rowset to Fetch Multi-rows Easily

The below sql with Row set postioning works to get for multi row fetching.

Related[DB2 Tough Questions (3 of 4)](https://srinimf.com/2012/02/01/db2-tough-questions-3-of-4/)

```
Exec sql
Declare cursor c1 with rowset positioning
for select a,b
from dsn8011.emp
where a > 1000
Fetch Rowset from c1
for 5 rows
into :host-var-arry;
End-sql
```

Related[DB2 Rowset to Fetch Multi-rows Easily](https://srinimf.com/2010/10/16/db2-we-can-fetch-multi-rows-with-cursor/)

Here **host-var-arry, **can handle data of 5 rows.

Related[Top Rowset Positioning Examples for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE](https://srinimf.com/2016/01/25/db2-in-cursor-with-multi-record-fetching/)

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