Re: Options for protocol level cursors - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Kris Jurka wrote:
> The JDBC driver would also like this ability, but a GUC is a pretty  
> ugly hack.

I completely agree that it is an ugly hack. :)

>  Also, since you still have to go to the SQL level to issue the MOVE  
> or FETCH BACKWARD, you're still not all the way there to a full  
> protocol solution.

Completely true. However, this is, of course, only pertinent to SCROLL
cursors.