Re: cursors outside transactions

Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > I don't see how you can class out of memory in the same likelyhood as
> > out of disk --- sure they are both real possible failures, but clearly
> > the latter is more rare and giving folks backing store for large result
> > sets is a big win in my book.
> 
> Other than the out of disk/memory problem, there 's
> another problem. What I expect of cursors is the
> constant response time while handling them.

Cursors outside transactions either need materialization or long-lived
locks --- I don't see any other possibilities, and most feel
materialization is the best.

Do you see another option?

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