> Does the psql executable have any ability to do a "fetch many", using a
> server-side named cursor, when returning results? It seems like it tries
> to retrieve the query entirely to local memory before printing to
> standard out.
I think it grabs the whole result set to calculate the display column
widths. I think there is an option to tweak this but don't remember which,
have a look at the psql commands (\?), formatting section.