On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 07:47:32PM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 11:44 -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:32:02AM -0600, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > > I think the point that Martijn was trying to make was that per our docs > > > it would be perfectly acceptable for us to make any cursor NO SCROLL > > > implicitly if it means less work for the optimizer. > > > > Ok, I take that back. The actual quote[1] is: > > > > "Depending upon the complexity of the query's execution plan, specifying > > SCROLL may impose a performance penalty on the query's execution time." > > > > Clearly that says it can affect execution time, not that we're free to > > alter the default behavior at will. > > > > But speaking of documentation, it doesn't actually say what the default > > is. Care update that, or should I formally submit a patch? > > > > [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-declare.html > > Why do that ahead of me making the suggested changes?
Because right now it doesn't say what the actual default is. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq