Re: Optimization for updating foreign tables in Postgres FDW

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, "Etsuro Fujita *EXTERN*" <fujita(dot)etsuro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, "Shigeru Hanada *EXTERN*" <shigeru(dot)hanada(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Optimization for updating foreign tables in Postgres FDW
Date: 2014-08-27 14:02:21
Message-ID: 29788.1409148141@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> wrote:
>> Reading the code, I noticed that the pushed down UPDATE or DELETE statement is executed
>> during postgresBeginForeignScan rather than during postgresIterateForeignScan.
>> It probably does not matter, but is there a reason to do it different from the normal scan?

> Hmm, I'm worried that may be an API contract violation.

Indeed it is. You could get away with it if you check the
EXEC_FLAG_EXPLAIN_ONLY flag before doing anything with visible
side-effects, but it's still pretty ugly.

regards, tom lane

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