Re: pg_fetch_array - Mailing list pgsql-php

From George Essig
Subject Re: pg_fetch_array
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Msg-id 20040621210921.47715.qmail@web53702.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to pg_fetch_array  ("Thanks" <Thanks@verymuch.com>)
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Thanks@verymuch.com wrote:

> Does php need to read database everytime when pg_fetch_array is executed in
> the while loop or all the rows have been in the memory after pg_query?

The latter - pg_query puts all of the rows in memory.  I found this out myself recently.  Select a
lot of rows using pg_query without pg_fetch_array. As you're doing this, watch he memory usage
with 'free -s 1'.

George Essig

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