Re: SQL stored function inserting and returning data in a row.

Hello

> By the way, is there any performance difference between pure SQL and
> PL/pgSQL stored functions? If I remember correctly there was such a
> distinction between pure SQL statement and PL/PLSQL stored procedures
> (Oracle), in the sense that PL/PLSQL stored procedures are executed
> within the PL/PLSQL engine which sends pure SQL statements to the SQL
> engine for execution. There is a little overhead between PL/PLSQL and
> SQL engines.
>

create or replace function test1(integer)
returns integer as
$$select $1;$$
language sql immutable;

create
or replace function test2(integer)
returns integer as
$$begin return $1; end$$
language plpgsql immutable;

postgres=# select count(*) from (select test1(i) from
generate_series(1,100000) g(i)) f;
count
--------
100000
(1 row)

Time: 123,532 ms

postgres=# select count(*) from (select test2(i) from
generate_series(1,100000) g(i)) f;
count
--------
100000
(1 row)

Time: 123,877 ms

but if you forgot immutable
postgres=# create or replace function test3(integer)
returns integer as
$$begin return $1; end$$
language plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
Time: 430,258 ms
postgres=# select count(*) from (select test3(i) from
generate_series(1,100000) g(i)) f;
count
--------
100000
(1 row)

Time: 472,150 ms

Regards
Pavel Stehule