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DBLINK_FETCH(3) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 Documentation DBLINK_FETCH(3) NAME
dblink_fetch - returns rows from an open cursor in a remote database SYNOPSIS
dblink_fetch(text cursorname, int howmany [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record dblink_fetch(text connname, text cursorname, int howmany [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record DESCRIPTION
dblink_fetch fetches rows from a cursor previously established by dblink_open. ARGUMENTS
conname Name of the connection to use; omit this parameter to use the unnamed connection. cursorname The name of the cursor to fetch from. howmany The maximum number of rows to retrieve. The next howmany rows are fetched, starting at the current cursor position, moving forward. Once the cursor has reached its end, no more rows are produced. fail_on_error If true (the default when omitted) then an error thrown on the remote side of the connection causes an error to also be thrown locally. If false, the remote error is locally reported as a NOTICE, and the function returns no rows. RETURN VALUE
The function returns the row(s) fetched from the cursor. To use this function, you will need to specify the expected set of columns, as previously discussed for dblink. NOTES
On a mismatch between the number of return columns specified in the FROM clause, and the actual number of columns returned by the remote cursor, an error will be thrown. In this event, the remote cursor is still advanced by as many rows as it would have been if the error had not occurred. The same is true for any other error occurring in the local query after the remote FETCH has been done. EXAMPLES
SELECT dblink_connect('dbname=postgres'); dblink_connect ---------------- OK (1 row) SELECT dblink_open('foo', 'select proname, prosrc from pg_proc where proname like ''bytea%'''); dblink_open ------------- OK (1 row) SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text); funcname | source ----------+---------- byteacat | byteacat byteacmp | byteacmp byteaeq | byteaeq byteage | byteage byteagt | byteagt (5 rows) SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text); funcname | source -----------+----------- byteain | byteain byteale | byteale bytealike | bytealike bytealt | bytealt byteane | byteane (5 rows) SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text); funcname | source ------------+------------ byteanlike | byteanlike byteaout | byteaout (2 rows) SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text); funcname | source ----------+-------- (0 rows) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 2014-02-17 DBLINK_FETCH(3)
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DBLINK_GET_RESULT(3) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 Documentation DBLINK_GET_RESULT(3) NAME
dblink_get_result - gets an async query result SYNOPSIS
dblink_get_result(text connname [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record DESCRIPTION
dblink_get_result collects the results of an asynchronous query previously sent with dblink_send_query. If the query is not already completed, dblink_get_result will wait until it is. ARGUMENTS
conname Name of the connection to use. fail_on_error If true (the default when omitted) then an error thrown on the remote side of the connection causes an error to also be thrown locally. If false, the remote error is locally reported as a NOTICE, and the function returns no rows. RETURN VALUE
For an async query (that is, a SQL statement returning rows), the function returns the row(s) produced by the query. To use this function, you will need to specify the expected set of columns, as previously discussed for dblink. For an async command (that is, a SQL statement not returning rows), the function returns a single row with a single text column containing the command's status string. It is still necessary to specify that the result will have a single text column in the calling FROM clause. NOTES
This function must be called if dblink_send_query returned 1. It must be called once for each query sent, and one additional time to obtain an empty set result, before the connection can be used again. When using dblink_send_query and dblink_get_result, dblink fetches the entire remote query result before returning any of it to the local query processor. If the query returns a large number of rows, this can result in transient memory bloat in the local session. It may be better to open such a query as a cursor with dblink_open and then fetch a manageable number of rows at a time. Alternatively, use plain dblink(), which avoids memory bloat by spooling large result sets to disk. EXAMPLES
contrib_regression=# SELECT dblink_connect('dtest1', 'dbname=contrib_regression'); dblink_connect ---------------- OK (1 row) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM contrib_regression-# dblink_send_query('dtest1', 'select * from foo where f1 < 3') AS t1; t1 ---- 1 (1 row) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM dblink_get_result('dtest1') AS t1(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[]); f1 | f2 | f3 ----+----+------------ 0 | a | {a0,b0,c0} 1 | b | {a1,b1,c1} 2 | c | {a2,b2,c2} (3 rows) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM dblink_get_result('dtest1') AS t1(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[]); f1 | f2 | f3 ----+----+---- (0 rows) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM contrib_regression-# dblink_send_query('dtest1', 'select * from foo where f1 < 3; select * from foo where f1 > 6') AS t1; t1 ---- 1 (1 row) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM dblink_get_result('dtest1') AS t1(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[]); f1 | f2 | f3 ----+----+------------ 0 | a | {a0,b0,c0} 1 | b | {a1,b1,c1} 2 | c | {a2,b2,c2} (3 rows) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM dblink_get_result('dtest1') AS t1(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[]); f1 | f2 | f3 ----+----+--------------- 7 | h | {a7,b7,c7} 8 | i | {a8,b8,c8} 9 | j | {a9,b9,c9} 10 | k | {a10,b10,c10} (4 rows) contrib_regression=# SELECT * FROM dblink_get_result('dtest1') AS t1(f1 int, f2 text, f3 text[]); f1 | f2 | f3 ----+----+---- (0 rows) PostgreSQL 9.2.7 2014-02-17 DBLINK_GET_RESULT(3)