Re: [HACKERS] Single row fetch from backend

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> Hmmm, I've had pretty bad experiences with cursors on Informix Online. When
> many clients use cursors on large result sets the system (even on big iron)
> grinds to a halt. Luckily you can fetch a single row at a time on a normal
> select with Informix so that solved that. It does appear, however, that
> Postgres does not create huge overheads for cursors, but I would still like
> to see what happens when many clients do a cursor select...

I believe later Informix ODBC version cache the query reqults in the sql
server in case they are needed later. Terrible for performance. I have
clients downgrade to older isql clients.

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