Re: Updateable cursors patch

2007/5/18, FAST PostgreSQL <fastpgs(at)fast(dot)fujitsu(dot)com(dot)au>:
> No. It works with scrollable cursors. It will work for cursors/selects
> which does not put the results in some store, such as WITH hold/group
> by/order by etc.... But most of these restrictions apply for normal
> 'Select for update' anyway. (With the order by clause, the
> implementation is as per the sql standards.)

some scrollable cursors are materialised. It depends on query :-(.
Simple query without join can works.

regards

Pavel

>
> I can update the documentation once the initial review is done and what
> I have done gets atleast a pass mark :-)
>
> Rgds,
> Arul Shaji
>
>
> Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I am not sure, but your solution will faill on scrollable cursors
> > (it's similar to holdable cursors). I miss part about limits in
> > documentation. Propably updatable cursors aren't supported by plpgsql
> > (and it's point to ToDo).
> >
> > Regards
> > Pavel Stehule
> >
> > 2007/5/17, FAST PostgreSQL <fastpgs(at)fast(dot)fujitsu(dot)com(dot)au>:
> >> Attached is an updated version of the updateable cursors patch against
> >> the latest cvs head.
> >>
> >> Most of the changes in the patch are to make it sync with the changes in
> >> CVS recently, for DECLARE CURSOR and EXPLAIN, as mentioned by Jaime in
> >> his mail below.
> >>
> >> Rgds,
> >> Arul Shaji
> >>
> >>
> >> FAST PostgreSQL wrote:
> >> > Right. I will send an updated patch against the CVS head in the next
> >> > couple of days.
> >> >
> >> > Jaime Casanova wrote:
> >> >> On 4/4/07, FAST PostgreSQL <fastpgs(at)fast(dot)fujitsu(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
> >> >>> Attached is a working updateable cursors patch. The core
> >> >>> functionality has
> >> >>> been implemented and the patch also contains the regression tests and
> >> >>> documentation.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> this one doesn't apply cleanly to HEAD because of the changes in
> >> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-04/msg00447.php
> >> >>
> >> >
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