Re: I cant find it or I'm just lazy ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:04:50PM +0100, Christoph Haller wrote:
> >
> > Anyway, you may MOVE until 0 instead of FETCH, or use the COUNT()
> > function on the query to learn about the number of rows to be returned.
> 
> Hmm...  Wouldn't the reliability of a count() depend on the isolation
> level?
> 
> OTOH the problem with MOVE ALL is that not all cursors support backward
> scrolling, apparently, and there is no clear documentation (or even
> diagnostics!) to determine whether they do.

7.4 does document MOVE ALL as going to the end of the cursor.

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