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>dblink_get_result</H1
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>Name</H2
>dblink_get_result -- gets an async query result</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
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>dblink_get_result(text connname [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record</PRE
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>Description</H2
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> <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_get_result</CODE
> collects the results of an
asynchronous query previously sent with <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_send_query</CODE
>.
If the query is not already completed, <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_get_result</CODE
>
will wait until it is.
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>Arguments</H2
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><TT
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>conname</TT
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> Name of the connection to use.
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><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
>fail_on_error</TT
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><P
> 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.
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>Return Value</H2
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> 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 <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink</CODE
>.
</P
><P
> 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 <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>FROM</TT
>
clause.
</P
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>Notes</H2
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> This function <SPAN
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><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>must</I
></SPAN
> be called if
<CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_send_query</CODE
> 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.
</P
><P
> When using <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_send_query</CODE
> and
<CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_get_result</CODE
>, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dblink</SPAN
> 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 <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_open</CODE
> and then fetch a
manageable number of rows at a time. Alternatively, use plain
<CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink()</CODE
>, which avoids memory bloat by spooling large result
sets to disk.
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>Examples</H2
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>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)</PRE
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