Re: Can this query go faster??? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Joost Kraaijeveld
Subject Re: Can this query go faster???
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Msg-id 1133871645.8837.78.camel@Panoramix
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In response to Re: Can this query go faster???  (Tino Wildenhain <tino@wildenhain.de>)
Responses Re: Can this query go faster???  (Tino Wildenhain <tino@wildenhain.de>)
Re: Can this query go faster???  (Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>)
List pgsql-performance
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:36 +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> >
> > I just tried it: a cursor is not faster (what does not surprise me at
> > all, as the amount of work looks the same to me)
>
> Actually no, if you scroll forward, you just ask the database for the
> next rows to materialize. So if you are ahead in your database and
> ask for next rows, it should be faster then working w/ an offset
> from start each time.
Ah, a misunderstanding: I only need to calculate an index if the user
wants a record that is not in or adjacent to the cache (in which case I
can do a "select values > last value in the cache". So  I must always
materialize all rows below the wanted index.

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Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
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