Re: BUG #5768: Inefficiency of large offsets should be mentioned on SELECT documentation page

Hi,

by "LIMIT and OFFSET" page I meant
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9/static/queries-limit.html, it has "LIMIT
and OFFSET" heading. At the end of the page, there is this sentence:

"The rows skipped by an OFFSET clause still have to be computed inside the
server; therefore a large OFFSET might be inefficient."

This sentence should also appear on the SELECT page
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9/static/sql-select.html). Maybe it could
also more clearly state that paging with LIMIT and OFFSET over large data
set is slow and that user should use WHERE > and LIMIT instead of OFFSET and
LIMIT.

Regards,
Pavel Arnost

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From: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:11 AM
To: "Pavel Arnost" <pavel(dot)arnost(at)loutka(dot)cz>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5768: Inefficiency of large offsets should be
mentioned on SELECT documentation page

> Pavel Arnost wrote:
>>
>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>
>> Bug reference: 5768
>> Logged by: Pavel Arnost
>> Email address: pavel(dot)arnost(at)loutka(dot)cz
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.01
>> Operating system: N/A
>> Description: Inefficiency of large offsets should be mentioned on
>> SELECT documentation page
>> Details:
>>
>> Inefficiency of large offsets should be mentioned on SELECT documentation
>> page - now it's only on "LIMIT and OFFSET" page.
>
> I have no idea what you are suggesting. There is no LIMIT and OFFSET
> page in the manuals.
>
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