Re: Caching

Lufkin, Brad wrote:
> Fernando:
> I get a "method not implemented error" when I use setFetchSize(); the
> version of the driver I'm using is 7.3b1 jdbc3 build 104. Is there a later
> production version that I should be using?
> Brad
>

This b1 sounds fishy.

Have you downloaded the latest _stable_ driver from the web site?  It
has many fixes.

http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html

Regards.
Fernando


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Nasser [mailto:fnasser@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: Lufkin, Brad
> Cc: 'psql'
> Subject: Re: [JDBC] Caching
>
>
> Yes, the current driver has setFetchSize() implemented.
>
> Note that you must be inside a transaction as a cursor is used for
> implementing
> this.  Alternatively you can be using a server side prepared statement (you
> don't need to be inside a transaction in that case).
>
> If you are using an older driver, you can always declare a cursor yourself.
>
> Regards,
> Fernando
>
> Lufkin, Brad wrote:> Whenever I execute a query and retrieve the results
> with
> the sequence:
>
>>    ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("SELECT blah blah
>>blah...");
>>    while (resultSet.next()) {
>>        //do something with the resultSet
>>    }
>>
>>it looks like the query is completely carried out before any results are
>>returned. This contrasts with the behavior of other databases (Informix
>>comes to mind) where the query returns immediately and the results are
>>returned as the database fetches them. Is my supposition correct, and, if
>>so, is there any way to make postgres behave the same way as Informix?
>>My reasons for wanting this behavior is that I'm displaying results in
>
> real
>
>>time to a user through a GUI and the gradual display of results is
>>preferable to a long pause followed by all the results at once.
>>
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