Pierre C wrote:
> > Does the psql executable have any ability to do a "fetch many", using a  
> > server-side named cursor, when returning results? It seems like it tries  
> > to retrieve the query entirely to local memory before printing to  
> > standard out.
> 
> I think it grabs the whole result set to calculate the display column  
> widths. I think there is an option to tweak this but don't remember which,  
> have a look at the psql commands (\?), formatting section.

See the FETCH_COUNT variable mentioned in the psql manual page.

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