Re: Client-server communication for FETCH

On Wed, 2025-12-03 at 14:45 -0500, Tim Fors wrote:
> Do you have any further thoughts re: addressing this requirement
> (client-side cursor support)? Is this a requirement that the PGSQL
> community would consider implementing in libpq? Without it, it seems
> like a huge impediment to adoption of PGSQL for COBOL applications,
> and as you probably know, COBOL applications are still very
> pervasive. (C programs using ECPG would of course hit the same issue,
> so it's not just a COBOL-specific problem.)

Sounds to me like this ought to be implemented in ECPG and/or its COBOL
equivalent, not in libpq?

That's where the "Embedded SQL" is implemented after all, and also the
equivalent of where Oracle implements its PREFETCH, I think?

And I suppose nobody would be opposed to such improvements, if someone
contributes them or pays for their development...


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