From: Bruce Badger <bruce_badger@badgerse.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] First draft of new FE/BE protocol spec posted for
Date: 17 Apr 2003 07:50:21 +1000
Message-ID: <1050529823.1760.29.camel@alice> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17669.1050501967@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 00:06, Tom Lane wrote:
> Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > Just showing my ignorance: I read 46.2.3 Extended Query, and wondered "What
> > is a portal?" (portal == cursor?)
>
> It's the thing that holds the state of an executable command. I was
> going to call 'em cursors, but a cursor only works for a SELECT command,
> so it didn't seem like the right word. I seized on "portal" which is
> the term already used internally in the backend. If you've got a better
> idea, let's hear it ...
Context, perhaps?
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