Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result"

From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser(at)sigpipe(dot)cz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result"
Date: 2005-08-02 19:04:29
Message-ID: 20050802190429.GA7082@isis.sigpipe.cz
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# tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us / 2005-08-02 13:09:58 -0400:
> Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser(at)sigpipe(dot)cz> writes:
> > "The variant of FETCH described here returns the data as if it were a
> > SELECT result rather than placing it in host variables."
>
> > That doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> It means it returns data *to the client* in the same way a SELECT does.

Ok, and what does *that* mean? If you spend a few minutes on an
explanation, I'll submit a patch to the documentation.

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