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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PGresult pointer and memory usage
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In response to PGresult pointer and memory usage  (Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org>)
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Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org> writes:
> When you do a PQexec call in libpq, does PostgreSQL produce the entire
> result in memory on the server side, and then does libpq hold the entire
> result in memory after it retrieves it?

No, and yes.

            regards, tom lane

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