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Restructure parsetree representation of DECLARE CURSOR: now it's a

utility statement (DeclareCursorStmt) with a SELECT query dangling from
it, rather than a SELECT query with a few unusual fields in it.  Add
code to determine whether a planned query can safely be run backwards.
If DECLARE CURSOR specifies SCROLL, ensure that the plan can be run
backwards by adding a Materialize plan node if it can't.  Without SCROLL,
you get an error if you try to fetch backwards from a cursor that can't
handle it.  (There is still some discussion about what the exact
behavior should be, but this is necessary infrastructure in any case.)
Along the way, make EXPLAIN DECLARE CURSOR work.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane
2003-03-10 03:53:52 +00:00
parent b9e8ffcd5d
commit aa83bc04e0
40 changed files with 664 additions and 574 deletions

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml,v 1.18 2002/05/18 15:44:47 petere Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">cursorname</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INS
<term>BINARY</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Causes the cursor to fetch data in binary
rather than in text format.
Causes the cursor to return data in binary rather than in text format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -70,9 +69,8 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">cursorname</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INS
<term>SCROLL</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>SQL92</acronym> keyword indicating that data may be retrieved
in multiple rows per FETCH operation. Since this is allowed at all times
by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> this keyword has no effect.
Specifies that the cursor may be used to retrieve rows
in a nonsequential fashion (e.g., backwards).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -81,10 +79,10 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">cursorname</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INS
<term><replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An SQL query which will provide the rows to be governed by the
cursor.
Refer to the SELECT statement for further information about
valid arguments.
A <command>SELECT</> query which will provide the rows to be
returned by the cursor.
Refer to <xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title">
for further information about valid arguments.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -126,6 +124,10 @@ DECLARE <replaceable class="parameter">cursorname</replaceable> [ BINARY ] [ INS
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
The BINARY, INSENSITIVE, and SCROLL keywords may appear in any order.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DECLARE-2">
@ -193,9 +195,8 @@ ERROR: DECLARE CURSOR may only be used in begin/end transaction blocks
</para>
<para>
Normal cursors return data in text format, either ASCII or another
encoding scheme depending on how the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
backend was built. Since
Normal cursors return data in text format, the same as a <command>SELECT</>
would produce. Since
data is stored natively in binary format, the system must
do a conversion to produce the text format. In addition,
text formats are often larger in size than the corresponding binary format.
@ -228,15 +229,11 @@ ERROR: DECLARE CURSOR may only be used in begin/end transaction blocks
representations (e.g., <quote>big-endian</quote> versus <quote>little-endian</quote>),
you will probably not want your data returned in
binary format.
However, binary cursors may be a
little more efficient since there is less conversion overhead in
the server to client data transfer.
<tip>
<para>
If you intend to display the data in
ASCII, getting it back in ASCII will save you some
effort on the client side.
If you intend to display the data as text, retrieving it in text form
will save you some effort on the client side.
</para>
</tip>
</para>
@ -250,7 +247,7 @@ ERROR: DECLARE CURSOR may only be used in begin/end transaction blocks
</title>
<para>
Cursors are only available in transactions. Use to
Cursors are only available within transactions. Use
<xref linkend="sql-begin" endterm="sql-begin-title">,
<xref linkend="sql-commit" endterm="sql-commit-title">
and
@ -258,6 +255,15 @@ ERROR: DECLARE CURSOR may only be used in begin/end transaction blocks
to define a transaction block.
</para>
<para>
The <literal>SCROLL</> option should be specified when defining a cursor
that will be used to fetch backwards. This is required by
<acronym>SQL92</acronym>. However, for compatibility with
earlier versions, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will allow
backward fetches without <literal>SCROLL</>, if the cursor's query plan
is simple enough that no extra overhead is needed to support it.
</para>
<para>
In <acronym>SQL92</acronym> cursors are only available in
embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> (<acronym>ESQL</acronym>) applications.

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@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ EXPLAIN [ ANALYZE ] [ VERBOSE ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceabl
<listitem>
<para>
Any <command>SELECT</>, <command>INSERT</>, <command>UPDATE</>,
<command>DELETE</>, or <command>EXECUTE</> query.
<command>DELETE</>, <command>EXECUTE</>,
or <command>DECLARE CURSOR</> query.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.25 2003/02/04 11:23:58 momjian Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.26 2003/03/10 03:53:49 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
FETCH
</refname>
<refpurpose>
retrieve rows from a table using a cursor
retrieve rows from a query using a cursor
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ FETCH [ FORWARD | BACKWARD | RELATIVE ] [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">#</repl
<term>RELATIVE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Noise word for SQL92 compatibility.
Same as FORWARD; provided for SQL92 compatibility.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -247,13 +247,20 @@ WARNING: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
</title>
<para>
Note that the FORWARD, BACKWARD, and ALL keywords are
A cursor to be used in backwards fetching should be declared with the
SCROLL option. In simple cases, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
will allow backwards fetch from cursors not declared with SCROLL, but
this behavior is best not relied on.
</para>
<para>
The FORWARD, BACKWARD, and ALL keywords are
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extensions.
See below for details on compatibility issues.
</para>
<para>
Updating data in a cursor is not supported by
Updating data via a cursor is not supported by
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>,
because mapping cursor updates back to base tables is
not generally possible, as is also the case with VIEW updates.
@ -262,8 +269,7 @@ WARNING: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
</para>
<para>
Cursors may only be used inside of transactions because
the data that they store spans multiple user queries.
Cursors may only be used inside transaction blocks.
</para>
<para>
@ -288,7 +294,7 @@ WARNING: FETCH/ABSOLUTE not supported, using RELATIVE
</title>
<para>
The following examples traverses a table using a cursor.
The following example traverses a table using a cursor.
<programlisting>
-- Set up and use a cursor:

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-->
@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ DECLARE liahona CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM films;
-- Skip first 5 rows:
MOVE FORWARD 5 IN liahona;
<computeroutput>
MOVE
MOVE 5
</computeroutput>
-- Fetch 6th row in the cursor liahona:
FETCH 1 IN liahona;
<computeroutput>
FETCH
code | title | did | date_prod | kind | len
-------+--------+-----+-----------+--------+-------
P_303 | 48 Hrs | 103 | 1982-10-22| Action | 01:37

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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Any <command>SELECT</>, <command>INSERT</>, <command>UPDATE</>,
or <command>DELETE</> query.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>