Re: [HACKERS] Proposed TODO: fetch-INT8
Merlin Moncure wrote: Jeff wrote: Is there a practical use for retrieving 2^31 records at once? (this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a syntax error) Regards, Jeff Davis On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need this as well. FWIW, trying to pass integer 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which is clearly wrong. No, but don't forget about relative positioning: fetch relative c from huge_cursor; TODO updated: * Change LIMIT/OFFSET and FETCH/MOVE to use int8 -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
[HACKERS] Proposed TODO: fetch-INT8
I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need this as well. FWIW, trying to pass integer 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which is clearly wrong. Merlin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [HACKERS] Proposed TODO: fetch-INT8
Is there a practical use for retrieving 2^31 records at once? (this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a syntax error) Regards, Jeff Davis On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need this as well. FWIW, trying to pass integer 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which is clearly wrong. Merlin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [HACKERS] Proposed TODO: fetch-INT8
Jeff wrote: Is there a practical use for retrieving 2^31 records at once? (this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a syntax error) Regards, Jeff Davis On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need this as well. FWIW, trying to pass integer 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which is clearly wrong. No, but don't forget about relative positioning: fetch relative c from huge_cursor; Could make a reasonable case for that. Merlin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
