Re: Cursor Example Needed

From: Perry Smith <pedzsan(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cursor Example Needed
Date: 2013-10-28 21:27:53
Message-ID: C74C807F-508D-4807-9831-FCFB24E39C6D@gmail.com
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On Oct 28, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Perry Smith <pedzsan(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> When I execute the SELECT statement directly I get:
>>
>> psql:table.sql:28: out of memory for query result
>
> psql will do this automatically if you tell it to:
> http://doginpool.blogspot.com/2011/11/retrieving-large-resultsets-from.html
>
> cursors can work with your code, but they need participation from the
> client side. basically you stage the cursor then repeatedly FETCH
> until done.

Ok. I'll try that. I'm still curious how to do it using cursors if anyone wants
to provide a sample.

Thank you,
Perry

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