Stole right from asktom. Thanks Tom. :) We do not build the result set anywhere in general.
If you do select * from one_billion_row_table -- we fetch the data from the table as needed -- the results start coming back IMMEDIATELY not after we've fetched the last row. For certain types of queries we might build part of the result set or all of it (depends). This would take place in RAM upto sort_area_size bytes and then we would start paging that out to TEMP. We find rows 100 to 115 by maintaining a state, called a cursor, on the server. It tells us where we left off and where to begin. Richard Ji -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L When one executes a query, the result set is identified. Fetching the rows in the result set can be done over a period of time. In what form does Oracle maintain the result set, and where? TIA Paul Baumgartel __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Paul Baumgartel INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Richard Ji INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
