| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Phil Endecott <spam_from_postgresql_general(at)chezphil(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MOVE doesn't return number of rows |
| Date: | 2004-09-09 16:28:08 |
| Message-ID: | 6567.1094747288@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Phil Endecott <spam_from_postgresql_general(at)chezphil(dot)org> writes:
> According to the documentation for MOVE, it returns the number of rows
> that it has moved over.
That's a documentation bug. CVS tip has the correct explanation:
The count is the number of rows that a FETCH command with the same
parameters would have returned (possibly zero).
> What I'm actually trying to do is to find the number of rows in the
> query result. I was hoping to be able to do a "MOVE ABSOLUTE -1" to get
> this. Any other suggestions?
MOVE FORWARD ALL.
regards, tom lane
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