Re: [BUGS] BUG #2129: dblink problem

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Akio Iwaasa <iwaasa(at)mxs(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2129: dblink problem
Date: 2006-01-03 23:50:32
Message-ID: 43BB0DC8.6080805@joeconway.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
>
>>Should I just accept that the cursor advances on a row type mismatch
>>error, fix using the attached patch and adding SCROLL to dblink_open(),
>>or something else? Any opinions out there?
>
> I would go with accepting (and documenting) the cursor advance. Trying
> to undo it seems too risky, and it's not like this is a situation that
> would arise in a properly-debugged application anyway. I can't see
> expending a great amount of effort on it --- protecting against a crash
> seems sufficient.
>

OK -- applied back to 7.3.

Thanks,

Joe

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