fetch-methods: Fetch records from a previously executed query
Description
This method is a straight-forward implementation of the corresponding
generic function.
Arguments
Methods
res
an PostgreSQLResult object.
n
maximum number of records to retrieve per fetch.
Use n = -1 to retrieve all pending records;
use a value of n = 0 for fetching the default number
of rows fetch.default.rec defined in the
PostgreSQL initialization invocation.
…
currently not used.
Details
The RPostgreSQL implementations retrieves only n records,
and if n is missing it only returns up to fetch.default.rec
as specified in the call to PostgreSQL (500 by default).
References
See the Database Interface definition document
DBI.pdf in the base directory of this package
or http://stat.bell-labs.com/RS-DBI.