Re: Unusable resultset [Viruschecked]

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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:55:29 -0600, Matt Mello wrote:

You could try the patch for streaming result sets on the PATCHES
list. I'm currently improving it, as my time constraints allow me to do.
Have a look at it; I'm sure, it's what you're searching for.

tia

Patric

>I just did a query that would have returned impossible amounts of data,
>eg: select * from BIGtable. I am porting from Informix to Postgresql,
>and I guess I have been spoiled by the IFX JDBC drivers, which return
>only as much data, relatively speaking, as is needed. When the IFX JDBC
>driver runs out of data, it asks the backend for more data. Apparently
>the backend caches the results instead of shoving it all down the socket
>to the JDBC driver all at once. (Oh, how I wish PG JDBC did that.)

>Anyway, when I did the above, I got back a null resultset. I don't even
>think it threw an exception (but I will try to check on that). All of
>that is fine and can be dealt with. My real problem is that the
>connection is no longer usable, as ANY query I perform throws a
>"postgresql.con.type" exception.

>Why does it do that, and what is a "type" exception?

>I now catch this specific exception as an indication that the connection
>is bad, after which I close it, but it sure is annoying to have to put
>driver-specific code in my java codebase. :(

>--
>Matt Mello

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