> >Can the CURSOR on JOIN affects so heavly the WHERE clause? I
> >suspect that - with the CURSOR - a sequential scan is performed
> >on the entire data set for each fetched record...
> >
> >Any idea?
> >
> >
> What does it say if you do "EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT..." both with and
> without the cursor?
> It may not say much for the cursor, but I think you can explain analyze
> the fetch statements.
How can I EXPLAIN ANALYZE a cursor like this?
BEGIN;
DECLARE mycursor BINARY CURSOR FOR
SELECT ...
FETCH ALL IN mycursor;
END;
I tried to put EXPLAIN ANALYZE in front of the SELECT and in
front of the FETCH, but I got two "syntax error"...
Thanks
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Niccolo Rigacci
Firenze - Italy
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