Re: [PHP] paging results in large resultsets: mysql vs postgresql?

2006-06-15 Thread tedd
At 11:11 AM -0500 6/15/06, D. Dante Lorenso wrote: I can't seem to find the equivalent of it in PostgreSQL! The only options I see are: 1. TWO queries. The first query will perform a SELECT COUNT(*) ...; and the second query performs the actualy SELECT ... LIMIT x OFFSET y; -snip-

Re: [PHP] paging results in large resultsets: mysql vs postgresql?

2006-06-15 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, June 15, 2006 11:11 am, D. Dante Lorenso wrote: I just discovered this neat little gem in MySQL which makes it easy to page large result sets: * SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * * SELECT FOUND_ROWS() I can't seem to find the equivalent of it in PostgreSQL! The only options I

Re: [PHP] paging results in large resultsets: mysql vs postgresql?

2006-06-15 Thread D. Dante Lorenso
Richard Lynch wrote: 3. use the built-in cursor of PostgreSQL which pre-dates MySQL LIMIT and OFFSET clauses, which are non-standard hacks Rasmus introduced back in the day. Care to elaborate? Cast into context of PDO if you can...? Dante -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

Re: [PHP] paging results in large resultsets: mysql vs postgresql?

2006-06-15 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, June 15, 2006 7:15 pm, D. Dante Lorenso wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: 3. use the built-in cursor of PostgreSQL which pre-dates MySQL LIMIT and OFFSET clauses, which are non-standard hacks Rasmus introduced back in the day. Care to elaborate? Cast into context of PDO if you can...?