On 22/12/2009, at 18:15, Tom Lane wrote: > Raimon Fernandez <coder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> But the portal isn't destroyed after a sync ? > > Not directly by a Sync, no. > >> I'm getting a "Portal 'myPortal' doesn't exist "when sending the next Execute ... > > End of transaction would destroy portals --- are you holding a > transaction open for this? It's basically just like a cursor. OK, after re-reading your email and the docs again and again, I see that portals must be inside a transaction, now it's working ... Here are my steps: - parse the Selects ... - start transaction - bind using a prepared statement name and a portal name - execute x n - close transaction ... is this the correct way ? And in the case I limit the execute, how I can get the pending rows ? I'm using a CURSOR with the portal just created, and it works perfectly. Using a new execute, I'm getting again the previous rows plus the new ones, and with the CURSOR, only the pending rows ... Is this the correct way ? And, where I can get more info about when it's better to use an extended query, a portal, a cursor, a simple query, ... ? thanks! regards, raimon -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general