Re: Fetch zero result rows when executing a query? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: Fetch zero result rows when executing a query?
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Msg-id 54D1B438.8020906@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Fetch zero result rows when executing a query?  (Shay Rojansky <roji@roji.org>)
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On 2/3/15 5:26 AM, Shay Rojansky wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked before, couldn't find any mention...
>
> I'm working on the Npgsql, the .NET driver for PostgreSQL, and am trying
> to find a way to execute a query but without fetching any rows. The
> Execute message has a maximum result-row count, but zero is documented
> to mean "fetch all rows".
>
> The use case would be sending a query which might modify or might not
> (e.g. UPDATE), but we know that the user is uninterested in any result row.
>
> My current workaround is to specify maxrows=1, was wondering if I missed
> a better alternative.

You might be able to add something like WHERE FALSE to the RETURNING 
clause, but I agree with Andres; this seems like premature optimization.
-- 
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
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