Josh Berkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Unfortunately, your only real option I can see for DB server-side row
> grabbing is: Create the query(ies) as a temporary table or view using a
> function. Then use Limit and Offset to grab one chunk of data at a
> time. This is, of course, a serious problem for mutli-user performance
> since eash user would need their own temp table or view.
How come nobody's ever thought of cursors?
DECLARE foo CURSOR FOR SELECT stuff FROM stuff WHERE foo ORDER BY
something;
Hop forward N rows?
MOVE FORWARD $n IN foo
Want M rows?
FETCH FORWARD $m IN foo
/Steve
