<chrisnospam@1006.org> writes:
> To cut the Gordon knot I'm going to suggest we use:
> \set CURSOR_FETCH fetch_count
> and \g and ; are modified such that when they see
> this variable set to fetch_count > 0 and the buffer
> is a select they would use the modified fetch/output code.
> Does this sound reasonable to everyone?
OK with me, but maybe call the variable FETCH_COUNT, to avoid the
presupposition that the implementation uses a cursor. As I mentioned
before, I expect we'll someday rework it to not use that.
regards, tom lane