> If the question was about the final query result sent to the client: yes > we don't spill that to disk, nor "hold" it anywhere. The backend > sends it to the client on-the-fly as each row is generated. thanks, i didn't know that. I asked because i have a function that produces a result in xml. that is one row, one value even, but it grows pretty large. how is that handled? -- "Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it." -- George Bernard Shaw -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general