On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm relieved that Postgresql itself does not, in fact, suck, but >> slightly disappointed in the behavior of psql. I suppose it needs to >> buffer everything in memory to properly format its tabular output, >> among other possible reasons I could imagine. > > It's best when working with big sets to do so with a cursor and fetch > a few thousand rows at a time. It's how we handle really big sets at > work and it works like a charm in keeping the client from bogging down > with a huge memory footprint. >
You can do \set FETCH_COUNT to have psql use a cursor automatically. -- greg -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
