Re: [PATCH] Provide rowcount for utility SELECTs

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide rowcount for utility SELECTs
Date: 2009-12-29 15:24:38
Message-ID: 23445.1262100278@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> But it would be broken in very obvious ways, no? It's not like it would
> be silently broken and thus escape testing ...

Well, if we wanted to adopt that approach, we should add the count to
*all* SELECT tags not just a small subset. As the patch stands it
seems entirely possible that a breakage would escape immediate notice.

regards, tom lane

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