From: | Craig James <cjames(at)emolecules(dot)com> |
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To: | sthomas(at)optionshouse(dot)com |
Cc: | Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au>, Gregg Jaskiewicz <gryzman(at)gmail(dot)com>, Misa Simic <misa(dot)simic(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hermann Matthes <hermann(dot)matthes(at)web(dot)de>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Paged Query |
Date: | 2012-07-09 14:16:00 |
Message-ID: | CAFwQ8rciFWSxRmFyczh54+7p23=aebuxMXXGQ18s1oAguVe3Qg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Shaun Thomas <sthomas(at)optionshouse(dot)com>wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 07:02 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>
> Do do cursors.
>>
>
> Did you mean "Do not use cursors" here?
>
> Then the user goes away on a week's holiday and leaves their PC at
>> your "next" button.
>>
>
> This exactly. Cursors have limited functionality that isn't directly
> disruptive to the database in general. At the very least, the transaction
> ID reservation necessary to preserve a cursor long-term can wreak havoc on
> your transaction ID wraparound if you have a fairly busy database. I can't
> think of a single situation where either client caching or LIMIT/OFFSET
> can't supplant it with better risk levels and costs.
>
A good solution to this general problem is "hitlists." I wrote about this
concept before:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2010-05/msg00058.php
Craig James (the other Craig)
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