Re: call the same pl/pgsql procedure twice in the same connection

Jan, instead of doing cache invalidation to fix temporary tables, can we
disable cached plans for functions that use temporary tables?

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Jan Wieck wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > jack wrote:
> > > I have a function with pl/pgSQL such as...
> > > CREATE FUNCTION comp_userExp (TEXT) RETURNS INTEGER AS '
> > > DECLARE
> > > stUserName TEXT;
> > > BEGIN
> > > stUserName := upper($1);
> > >
> > > CREATE TEMP TABLE comuser AS
> > > SELECT * FROM comt_user1
> > > WHERE userName=stUserName;
> > >
> > > CREATE TEMP TABLE comUser1 AS
> > > SELECT a.userName FROM comt_user2 a, comuser b
> > > WHERE a.userName = b.userName
> > > ORDER BY b.userName;
> > >
> > > CREATE TEMP TABLE comUser2 AS
> > > SELECT a.userName FROM comt_user3 a, comuser b
> > > WHERE a.userName = b.userName
> > > ORDER BY b.userName;
> > >
> > > DROP Table comuser,comuser1,comuser2;
> > >
> > > RETURN 0;
> > >
> > > END;'
> > > LANGUAGE 'PLPGSQL';
> > >
> > > This function can't run twice in the same connection session. After tracing
> > > error, the reason is because 2nd and 3rd SQL refer to table comuser. It will
> > > cause "can't find relation number xxxxx". I think ,after first run, the
> > > procedure just use relation number to access table, while actually table was
> > > dropped and create again with a different relation number on the 2nd time.
> > > If I disconnect database, and re-connect again, it won't cuase any problem.
> > > If don't want to disconnect and connect, is there any way to fix the
> > > problem?
> >
> > Yes, this is coming up a lot recently, maybe an FAQ. You need to use
> > EXECUTE in plpgsql so the string is reparsed every time and the proper
> > oid assigned.
>
> This is somehow connected to the temporary view discussion,
> as it needs the same detection if a query depends on
> temporary objects. As soon as we have a detection mechanism
> for it, I can modify PL/pgSQL not to save prepared plans for
> these statements.
>
>
> Jan
>
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