Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:19:22 +0200
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
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	PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,
	Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs@cybertec.at>
Subject: Re: ECPG FETCH readahead
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:04:30PM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Is there a reason not to enable it by default? I'm a bit worried
> that it will receive no testing if it's not always on.

Yes, there is a reason, namely that you don't need it in native mode at a=
ll.
ECPG can read as many records as you want in one go, something ESQL/C
apparently cannot do. This patch is a workaround for that restriction. I =
still
do not really see that this feature gives us an advantage in native mode
though.=20

Michael

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