2009/7/3 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> You need to use a cursor for that. The problem with the fetchsize
> mechanism is that it doesn't give the planner any clue that the user
> might not intend to fetch the whole result, or might prefer low startup
> cost to low total cost anyway.
Thank you very much (and Oliver too). That's what I needed to know. I'll
change my code to use explicit cursors.
Robin