Re: [PATCHES] selecting large result sets in psql using - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: [PATCHES] selecting large result sets in psql using
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Msg-id 20060818171640.GC27614@fetter.org
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] selecting large result sets in psql using  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:16:12AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > A \set variable would make sense to me.
> 
> So Peter and Bruce like a \set variable, Chris and I like a
> different command.  Seems like a tie ... more votes out there
> anywhere?

It seems to me that a \set variable lets people use minimal
intrusiveness on scripts, etc., as they'll just set it when they start
needing cursor-ized result sets and unset it when finished.

Just my $.02 :)

Cheers,
D
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