Hello,

I would like to allow the execution of a function (my_function) only if its
argument (my_table.x) belongs to a predefined interval (e.g. [100,1000]).

Let's take the following query example :
(q)  SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE my_function(mytable.x);

I would like this query automatically rewrites itself to check whether
"mytable.x" belong to the interval [100,1000] :
(q')  SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE (my_table.x BETWEEN 100 AND 1000) AND
my_function(my_table.x);

The command EXPLAIN ANALYSE shows that the second query is really faster
than the first one.

How can I change the query execution plan in order to automate the process
of query rewriting (q into q') ?
Where can I store suitably the metadata about the interval [100,1000]
associated to my_function ?

Thanks by advance,

Thomas Girault

Responses

• Re: Avoiding execution of some functions by query rewriting at 2012-05-16 12:35:51 from Tom Lane
• Re: Avoiding execution of some functions by query rewriting at 2012-05-16 13:01:00 from Florian Pflug

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