Re: Scrollable cursors and Sort performance

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Scrollable cursors and Sort performance
Date: 2006-02-12 00:50:22
Message-ID: 857.1139705422@sss.pgh.pa.us
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> On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 11:44 -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>> But speaking of documentation, it doesn't actually say what the default
>> is. Care update that, or should I formally submit a patch?
>>
>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-declare.html

Actually, if you submit a patch that says either "SCROLL is the default"
or "NO SCROLL is the default", it will be rejected as incorrect. The
reason is that the default behavior is different from either of these,
as is explained in the NOTES section.

regards, tom lane

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