Alban Hertroys wrote: > To follow up on my own post, I came up with a workable solution based on > scrolling cursors. The SP approach didn't work out for me, I didn't > manage to declare a cursor in PL/pgSQL that could be positioned > absolutely (maybe that's due to us still using PG 8.1.something?). Doh! I mean I couldn't use MOVE FORWARD ALL IN _cur for some reason, it kept saying "Syntax error". -- Alban Hertroys alban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx magproductions b.v. T: ++31(0)534346874 F: ++31(0)534346876 M: I: www.magproductions.nl A: Postbus 416 7500 AK Enschede // Integrate Your World // ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match