Re: BUG #1756: PQexec eats huge amounts of memory - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: BUG #1756: PQexec eats huge amounts of memory
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Msg-id 42CCDA3D.5060103@samurai.com
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In response to BUG #1756: PQexec eats huge amounts of memory  ("Denis Vlasenko" <vda@ilport.com.ua>)
Responses Re: BUG #1756: PQexec eats huge amounts of memory  (John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>)
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Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> The same php script but done against Oracle does not have this
> behaviour.

Perhaps; presumably Oracle is essentially creating a cursor for you
behind the scenes. libpq does not attempt to do this automatically; if
you need a cursor, you can create one by hand.

-Neil

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