Re: Out of memory error on huge resultset

Dave Cramer <Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net> wrote:

> No disadvantage, in fact that is what we would like to do.
>
>
> setFetchSize(size) turns on cursor support, otherwise fetch normally
>
> Dave
>
> On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 10:30, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> > What would be the disadvantage of making the JDBC driver use a
> > cursor under the covers (always)? Is it significantly slower or more
> > resource-intensive than fetching all the data at once? Certainly it
seems
> > like it would save memory in some cases.
> >
> > Aaron

Well, using a cursor based result set *always* is not going to work. Cursors
will not be held over a commit, whereas a buffer result set will. So the
setFetchSize..

Regards,
Michael Paesold