From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: SRF in C |
Date: | 2004-01-16 20:50:58 |
Message-ID: | 200401162050.i0GKowT02433@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Jeff Davis wrote:
> in section _37.7.1.2. RETURN NEXT_ of the docs, it says that "PL/pgSQL
> stores the entire result set before returning from the function".
>
> Is the same true for C, and if so, should we document it in
> _33.7.9. Returning Sets from C-Language Functions_ ?
>
> It could be important if someone wanted to return a huge amount of data
> from an SRF and it was larger than available RAM.
I would assume the C function guys would know this was obvious.
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