X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC2852E6D for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:10:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52150-10 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:09:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F431529BB for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:09:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j72H9wGN011940; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:09:58 -0400 (EDT) To: Roman Neuhauser Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: "FETCH returns data as if it were a SELECT result" In-reply-to: <20050802153248.GA5320@isis.sigpipe.cz> References: <20050802153248.GA5320@isis.sigpipe.cz> Comments: In-reply-to Roman Neuhauser message dated "Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:32:48 +0200" Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:09:58 -0400 Message-ID: <11939.1123002598@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200508/2 X-Sequence-Number: 3164 Roman Neuhauser writes: > "The variant of FETCH described here returns the data as if it were a > SELECT result rather than placing it in host variables." > That doesn't seem to be the case. It means it returns data *to the client* in the same way a SELECT does. regards, tom lane