Fixed bug closing a SODA document cursor explicitly (instead of simply

allowing it to be closed automatically when it goes out of scope).

doc/src/release_notes.rst

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Thick Mode Changes
 
 #)  Fixed bug creating a homogeneous connection pool with a proxy user
     (`issue 101 <https://github.com/oracle/python-oracledb/issues/101>`__).
+#)  Fixed bug closing a SODA document cursor explicitly (instead of simply
+    allowing it to be closed automatically when it goes out of scope).
 
 Common Changes
 ++++++++++++++

src/oracledb/impl/thick/soda.pyx

@@ -570,6 +570,16 @@ cdef class ThickSodaDocCursorImpl(BaseSodaDocCursorImpl):
         if self._handle != NULL:
             dpiSodaDocCursor_release(self._handle)
 
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Internal method for closing the cursor.
+        """
+        cdef int status
+        with nogil:
+            status = dpiSodaDocCursor_close(self._handle)
+        if status < 0:
+            _raise_from_odpi()
+
     def get_next_doc(self):
         """
         Internal method for getting the next document from the cursor.

src/oracledb/soda.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from typing import Union, List
 import json
 
-from . import connection
+from . import connection, errors
 
 class SodaDatabase:
 
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ class SodaDocCursor:
         return self
 
     def __next__(self):
+        if self._impl is None:
+            errors._raise_err(errors.ERR_CURSOR_NOT_OPEN)
         doc_impl = self._impl.get_next_doc()
         if doc_impl is not None:
             return SodaDocument._from_impl(doc_impl)
@@ -438,7 +440,10 @@ class SodaDocCursor:
         cursor will be unusable from this point forward; an Error exception
         will be raised if any operation is attempted with the cursor.
         """
+        if self._impl is None:
+            errors._raise_err(errors.ERR_CURSOR_NOT_OPEN)
         self._impl.close()
+        self._impl = None
 
 
 class SodaOperation: