X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F90DAF8D for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:07:29 -0400 (AST) 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 61176-07 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:07:27 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8348AD9585 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:07:26 -0400 (AST) 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 jAN47PGj010136; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:07:25 -0500 (EST) To: Ralph Mason cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Binary Refcursor possible? In-reply-to: <4383E459.2070906@telogis.com> References: <4383E459.2070906@telogis.com> Comments: In-reply-to Ralph Mason message dated "Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:39:05 +1300" Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:07:25 -0500 Message-ID: <10135.1132718845@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.004 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.004] X-Spam-Score: 0.004 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/464 X-Sequence-Number: 15721 Ralph Mason writes: > Is there any way I can say make ret a binary cursor? It's possible to determine that at the protocol level, if you're using V3 protocol; but whether this is exposed to an application depends on what client-side software you are using. Which you didn't say. regards, tom lane