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Re: [HACKERS] I want to change libpq and libpgtcl for better handling of large query results

Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su> — 1998-01-06T18:51:15Z

Sorry, just to clear things:

> We were talking about some changes to the protocol. Perhaps, we could do
> something like changing it so it sends the result in blocks of tuples,
> rather than everything in one block. Then, in between each packet, an ACK
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Backend sends tuples one by one - just after executor gets next tuple 
from upper plan, backend sends this tuple to client-side.

> or CAN style packet could be sent to the backend, either asking for the
> next, or canceling the results.

Vadim