Re: plpgsql functions and the planner

"Matthew Dennis" <mdennis(at)merfer(dot)net> writes:

> Do SQL statements inside of plpgsql functions get planned upon every
> execution, only when the function is first executed/defined, or something
> else entirely?

First executed per session.

> Now, when bar is executed again, will PG (8.3.1) know that a seqscan is no
> longer reasonable?

It won't notice until someone runs ANALYZE on that table. autovacuum should
notice that it's necessary and run but might not run promptly enough for your
purposes. You might have to run analyze within your function.

Before 8.3 it still wouldn't get replanned until you started a new session but
8.3 is more clever.

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