Re: Very slow stored proc

From: Együd Csaba (Freemail) <csegyud(at)freemail(dot)hu>
To: 'Alvaro Herrera' <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Very slow stored proc
Date: 2004-12-23 20:48:56
Message-ID: 0I9700MTU0HH09@mail.vnet.hu
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Dear Alvarao,
would you please so kind explaining me your opinion in details.

thanks,
-- Csaba

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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:58 PM
To: Együd Csaba (Freemail)
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Very slow stored proc

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:51:46AM +0100, Együd Csaba (Freemail) wrote:

Hi,

> I've got it. Not the date handling is slow but the string handling.
> Eliminating the huge string buffer and running all the inserts row by
> row, the overall running time is 12 sec.
> So as a conclusion never use large strings in plpgsql functions.

I wonder why you are creating a table at all, when you could probably use a
SRF instead in the queries where you are using such table.

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>) "La tristeza es un muro entre
dos jardines" (Khalil Gibran)

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