Re: [HACKERS] I want to change libpq and libpgtcl for better handling of large query results

From: Peter T Mount <psqlhack(at)maidast(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Vadim B(dot) Mikheev" <vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su>
Cc: Constantin Teodorescu <teo(at)flex(dot)ro>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, mviorel(at)flex(dot)ro
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] I want to change libpq and libpgtcl for better handling of large query results
Date: 1998-01-06 23:13:23
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.95.980106231252.25198A-100000@maidast
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Vadim B. Mikheev wrote:

> Sorry, just to clear things:
>
> > We were talking about some changes to the protocol. Perhaps, we could do
> > something like changing it so it sends the result in blocks of tuples,
> > rather than everything in one block. Then, in between each packet, an ACK
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Backend sends tuples one by one - just after executor gets next tuple
> from upper plan, backend sends this tuple to client-side.

Oops, of course it does, sorry ;-)

> > or CAN style packet could be sent to the backend, either asking for the
> > next, or canceling the results.

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