Re: Returning multiple result sets

On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:02:08PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Hmm -- probably we could declare that the current libpq API will not
> support multiple result sets from one query, and return only the first
> one to the application discarding the rest. (It just occured to me --
> what happens if one send multiple SELECTs in a semicolon-separated query
> via libpq?). New apps wanting to take advantage of the new
> functionality would need to invoke a different function.

libpq supports it just fine. You do a PQsendQuery() and then as many
PQgetResult()s as it takes to get back the results. This worked for a
while AFAIK.

> At the protocol level this will need an extension anyway, so clients
> using the protocol directly would need to be updated to understand
> multiple results.

The protocol supports it fine. If the server sends a new 'T' record,
libpq assumes it's returning a new resultset. When the server sends a
"ready for query" message, libpq knows that the last resultset has
arrived.

It's the backend that needs work, not the protocol.

Have a nice day,
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