Sebastien FLAESCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does a simple PQPrepare() with a SELECT statement not create a cursor on
> the server side?

No.  A prepared statement is just a query plan, not a query-in-progress.

The Bind/Execute messages sent by PQexecPrepared create something akin
to a cursor, but libpq doesn't expose any API for fetching one row at a
time in that context, so there's no way to use the "current row" anyway.

                        regards, tom lane

---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at

                http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate

Reply via email to