Re: Faster methods for getting SPI results (460% improvement)

From: Jim Nasby <jim(dot)nasby(at)openscg(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Faster methods for getting SPI results (460% improvement)
Date: 2017-04-07 04:11:58
Message-ID: 1DD10C2A-BF36-4D01-A9AC-99BD95394EB0@openscg.com
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On Apr 6, 2017, at 9:10 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>
>>> Why? We could very well return a somewhat "smarter" object. Returning
>>> rows row-by-row if accessed via iterator, materializes when accessed via
>>> row offset.
>>
>> I completely agree with that. What I don't understand is the objection to
>> speeding up the old access method. Or are you thinking we'd just abandon the
>> old method?
>
> What I'm saying is that we can do that transparently, with the current
> API. And there's no need to materialize anything in plpython, we can
> transparently use the SPI materialized version.

Oh, just switching from a list to an iterator. Ok, I finally get it.

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