Does the SPI interface support recursion?  That is, can a function
use SPI to make a query which involves calling another function which
uses SPI?

The documentation suggests not, saying that if a function which uses
SPI calls another function which uses SPI, it won't work, and calling
that ``bad practice.''

However, in spi.c I note that there is a stack, and a variable
_SPI_curid, and the undocumented functions SPI_push and SPI_pop.  If
that works to support recursion, then why does the documentation
recommend against it?


Are there any restrictions on when SPI_connect may be called?  The
executor can presumably call a function at any time during the
execution of a plan if the function is used in a WHERE clause.  If
that function turns around and calls the executor via SPI, are there
any possibilities for deadlock?

Ian

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• Re: Recursion and SPI at 2001-01-05 23:03:54 from Tom Lane

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