Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result" - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Roman Neuhauser
Subject Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result"
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Msg-id 20050802190429.GA7082@isis.sigpipe.cz
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In response to Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result"  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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# tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us / 2005-08-02 13:09:58 -0400:
> Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> writes:
> > "The variant of FETCH described here returns the data as if it were a
> > SELECT result rather than placing it in host variables."
>
> > That doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> It means it returns data *to the client* in the same way a SELECT does.

    Ok, and what does *that* mean? If you spend a few minutes on an
    explanation, I'll submit a patch to the documentation.

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