From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>
To: chrisj <chrisj.wood@sympatico.ca>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: using a stored proc that returns a result set in a complex SQL stmt
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:22:48 +0100
Message-ID: <4714D748.6020801@enterprisedb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13216092.post@talk.nabble.com>
References: <13216092.post@talk.nabble.com>
chrisj wrote:
> I am trying to decide between using a temporary table or a stored proc that
> returns a result set to solve a fairly complex problem, and was wondering if
> Postres, when it sees a stored proc reference in a SQL, is smart enough to,
> behind the scenes, create a temporary table with the results of the stored
> proc such that the stored proc does not get executed multiple times within a
> single query execution??
>
> Example: suppose I had a stored proc called SP_bob that returns a result set
> including the column store_no
> and I wrote the following query:
>
> select * from Order_Line as X
> where not exists (select 1 from SP_bob(parm1, parm2) as Y where X.store_no =
> Y.store_no)
>
> Can I rest assured that the stored proc would only run once, or could it run
> once for each row in Order_Line??
It depends on the exact query you're running. I think in the above
example, SP_bob would only be ran once. Function volatility affects the
planners decision as well (see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/xfunc-volatility.html).
> The only reason I am going down this road is because of the difficulty of
> using temp tables ( i.e. needing to execute a SQL string). Does anyone know
> if this requirement may be removed in the near future?
I don't understand what requirement you're referring to.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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