From: paallen@attglobal.net
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org,
Subject: Update 3 columns w/ 1 function calc 3 values?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:55:55 +0000
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Hi all,

I am moving some of my old MS Access functions to
plpgsql.

My function was made to return coordinates, X,Y,Z
for a point along a curved line.  So it is not the
fastest of functions because it has to call and
query data from 3 different tables.  I used to
just create 3 wrapper functions for my main
function which would return the x, y, and z values
seperately but that requires the main function to
be called 3 seperate times.  So here is my bottle
neck.  Of course I need to update +50,000 records.

What should I do to speed this up.  What is the
best way to update 3 columns from one function
call.  In MSACCESS I once rig the function to
cycle through the records with a curser but that
was slow and would crap out due to the shear number.

Thanks,

Phil