pg.ddx.io  pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org mailing list archive  
help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Converting plpgsql to use DTYPE_REC for named composite types
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:38:09 -0500
Message-ID: <25347.1514569089@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFj8pRAwGmqgg+uA4k1iiQhm29ADQ5g1czpw1u1=M2qBZRq-sg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8962.1514399547@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<CAFj8pRB1y_RY1pN99CAr9i3Z2c8vbjonRkEqGBnVaFxvLx6Tfw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAFj8pRAwGmqgg+uA4k1iiQhm29ADQ5g1czpw1u1=M2qBZRq-sg@mail.gmail.com>

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> Interesting part from test:

> alter table mutable drop column f1;
> alter table mutable add column f1 float8;
> -- currently, this fails due to cached plan for "r.f1 + 1" expression
> select sillyaddone(42);
> ERROR:  type of parameter 4 (double precision) does not match that when
> preparing the plan (integer)
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function sillyaddone(integer) line 1 at RETURN

> In this case, can we invalidate plan cache?

That's something I expect we can improve in followon patches, but
it seems a bit outside the scope of this patch (which is mighty
big already).

> Because PLPGSQL_NSTYPE_ROW is removed, then "switch" statement is maybe
> useless

I'd just as soon leave it as a switch, for possible future expansion.

> why is in exec_assign_value still case for PLPGSQL_DTYPE_ROW ?

Take it out and see ;-).  The whole point of having DTYPE_ROW
at all is to support stuff like "SELECT ... INTO a,b,c".

			regards, tom lane




view thread (10+ messages)  latest in thread

Message-ID: <25347.1514569089@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Permalink:  ../25347.1514569089@sss.pgh.pa.us/
Also on:    postgresql.org/message-id/25347.1514569089@sss.pgh.pa.us

 · 

reply

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
  reply via email

  To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
  Cc: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, pavel.stehule@gmail.com, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
  Subject: Re: Converting plpgsql to use DTYPE_REC for named composite types
  In-Reply-To: <25347.1514569089@sss.pgh.pa.us>

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox