Re: function call vs staright query

On Monday 19 March 2007 05:07 Tom Lane wrote:
> Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo(dot)romano(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > How can I delay the query planner decisions until the actual query is to
> > be done inside the function body?
>
> Use plpgsql's EXECUTE. AFAIR there is no way in a SQL-language function.
>
> regards, tom lane

The body of a function is *always* treated by the planner as if it were a
dynamically created query. The fact we all use the "$$"s (or also the 's)
around the function body tells it all.

The PREPARE requires every session to do it upon connections, because prepared
statements are managed on a per-session basis.

What I don't understand is why the planner gets passed by during those
queries while it is at full steam during the "normal" queries.
But this could be due to my ignorance! :-)

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