How do I detect End-of-table or End-of-limit ? - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Jan van der Weijde
Subject How do I detect End-of-table or End-of-limit ?
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Responses Re: How do I detect End-of-table or End-of-limit ?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Re: How do I detect End-of-table or End-of-limit ?  (L Bayuk <lbayuk@pobox.com>)
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Hello all,
 
I am using the libpq interface method PQexec() to execute SELECT statements with a LIMIT clause. I declare a cursor with hold and use PQecec() to execute FETCH NEXT on that cursor.
At a certain moment PQntuples() returns 0 after a fetch, but I cannot check for the actual reason: is the physical end of the table (or selection) reached or is the end of my limit reached.
In the former case I'm done. But in the latter case I can continue selecting records by using SELECT with a LIMIT and OFFSET clause.
 
Of course there are workarounds:
count the number of records (but if the size of the table or select set is a multiple of my LIMIT value that does not work)
or
just try another SELECT and if the FECTH NEXT will fail again I'm done
 
However I am looking for something more elegant like a status flag in libpq that indicate EOF or End-Of-limit.
 
Thank you,
Jan van der Weijde

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