# Close command

#### Syntax

    CLOSE Identifier

#### Description

Closes the named cursor. The cursor must have previously been successfully created with the `ij` Get Cursor or Get Scroll Insensitive Cursor commands.

#### Example

    ij> get cursor menuCursor as 'SELECT * FROM menu';
    ij> next menuCursor;
    COURSE     |ITEM                |PRICE
    -----------------------------------------------
    entree     |lamb chop           |14
    ij> next menuCursor;
    COURSE     |ITEM                |PRICE
    -----------------------------------------------
    dessert    |creme brulee        |6
    ij> close menuCursor;
    ij>

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