From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: KÖPFERL Robert <robert.koepferl@sonorys.at>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Returning a bool on DELETE in a proc.
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:35:21 -0700
Message-ID: <20050119213521.GA95945@winnie.fuhr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ED4E30DD9C43D5118DFB00508BBBA76EB16577@neptun.sonorys.at>
References: <ED4E30DD9C43D5118DFB00508BBBA76EB16577@neptun.sonorys.at>
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:09:16PM +0100, KÖPFERL Robert wrote:
> >
> > Why SQL instead of PL/pgSQL if the former doesn't do what you need
> > and the latter does?
>
> I have the feeling that even complicated and boxed queries are faster or can
> be optimized by the planer than any PLpgsql. Isn't there a motule that has
> to be invoked?
PL/pgSQL might be more efficient than you think -- see the Overview
in the PL/pgSQL documentation for more information about how it
works. I'd suggest making the function work first, and only then
worry about whether it's fast enough.
--
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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