Network Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Commonly this means that you open a "handle" or "cursor" referring to
>> one particular blob and then read or write it through that handle.
> I understand the value of handles but aren't cursors used to break up
> the large result sets from queries?
I was using them to mean the same thing, ie, an I/O handle (or open blob
descriptor if you like). You could consider this to be analogous to an
SQL cursor --- a cursor is like a handle for a query result. Sorry if
I confused you rather than enlightened you.
regards, tom lane
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