Re: [HACKERS] libpq: why we need to fetch all rows? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael J. Miller Jr.
Subject Re: [HACKERS] libpq: why we need to fetch all rows?
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In response to [HACKERS] libpq: why we need to fetch all rows?  (Alexander Demenshin <aldem@techie.com>)
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On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > statements. A lookup table of portals/cursors and their corresponding Oid
> > tables could be maintained by the server.
>
> The problem is that most results are joins, and there are multiple oid's
> to deal with .

In this case couldn't you create a temporary table and return the name
of the table to the client?  It could then "cursor" through the temporary
table.

Mike Miller             mke@netcom.com

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