Re: updated patch for selecting large results sets

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, chrisnospam(at)1006(dot)org
Subject: Re: updated patch for selecting large results sets
Date: 2006-08-28 23:51:28
Message-ID: 200608282351.k7SNpS311444@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > OK, got it. I just don't see the value to doing \g and not ;. I think
> > the \gc case was a hack when he didn't have \set. Now that we have
> > \set, we should be consistent.
>
> I'm willing to accept this if we can make sure we aren't adding any
> overhead --- see my proposal elsewhere in the thread for fixing that.

Right, if \g has overhead, I don't want people to start using ; because
it is faster. That is the kind of behavior that makes us look sloppy.

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