From: | Ge Cong <gecong(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: large query by offset and limt |
Date: | 2008-05-03 20:53:36 |
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Thank you very much. Could you show me how to do it in JDBC?
Craig Ringer wrote:
> finecur wrote:
> > Hi, I am ruuning a database behind a webserver and there is a table
> > which is huge. I need to pull data from this table and send to user
> > through http. If I use
> >
> > select * from huge_table where userid = 100
> >
> > It will return millions of records which exhuasts my server's memory.
>
> > Is there a better way to do this?
>
> Consider using database cursors. Set up by beginning a transaction and
> issuing the statement:
>
> DECLARE huge_table_curs CURSOR FOR
> SELECT * FROM huge_table WHERE userid = 100;
>
> ... then to get results, just execute:
>
> FETCH 1000 FROM huge_table_curs;
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
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