Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8

Started by Merlin Moncurealmost 21 years ago4 messages

merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com

almost 21 years ago

I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset
to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need
this as well.

FWIW, trying to pass integer > 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which
is clearly wrong.

Merlin

Jeff Davis

jdavis-pgsql@empires.org

almost 21 years ago

In reply to: Merlin Moncure (#1)

Re: Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8

Is there a practical use for retrieving > 2^31 records at once?

(this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a
syntax error)

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:

I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump limit/offset
to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter need
this as well.

FWIW, trying to pass integer > 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error, which
is clearly wrong.

Merlin

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Merlin Moncure

merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com

almost 21 years ago

In reply to: Jeff Davis (#2)

Re: Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8

Jeff wrote:

Is there a practical use for retrieving > 2^31 records at once?

(this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a
syntax error)

Regards,
Jeff Davis

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:

I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump

limit/offset

to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter

need

this as well.

FWIW, trying to pass integer > 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error,

which

is clearly wrong.

No, but don't forget about relative positioning:
fetch relative c from huge_cursor;

Could make a reasonable case for that.
Merlin

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Bruce Momjian

pgman@candle.pha.pa.us

almost 21 years ago

In reply to: Merlin Moncure (#3)

Re: Proposed TODO: fetch->INT8

Merlin Moncure wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Is there a practical use for retrieving > 2^31 records at once?

(this is a serious question, I'm not arguing that it should cause a
syntax error)

Regards,
Jeff Davis

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:13 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:

I was browsing the TODO list and I noticed the todo to bump

limit/offset

to int8. IMO, the flavors of fetch that take a numeric parameter

need

this as well.

FWIW, trying to pass integer > 2^31 to fetch gives a syntax error,

which

is clearly wrong.

No, but don't forget about relative positioning:
fetch relative c from huge_cursor;

TODO updated:

* Change LIMIT/OFFSET and FETCH/MOVE to use int8

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