Re: PoC plpgsql - possibility to force custom or generic plan

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Petr Jelinek <petr(dot)jelinek(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PoC plpgsql - possibility to force custom or generic plan
Date: 2017-04-08 07:42:44
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAJdmzzd_8_YiV5yrPy=tpuN9RXqN-3LVtC170B2tQePg@mail.gmail.com
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2017-04-08 2:30 GMT+02:00 Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com
>:

> On 4/6/17 14:32, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > I like to see any proposals about syntax or implementation.
> >
> > Using PRAGMA is one variant - introduced by PLpgSQL origin - Ada
> > language. The PRAGMA syntax can be used for PRAGMA autonomous with well
> > known syntax. It scales well - it supports function, block or command
> > level.
>
> I had pragmas implemented in the original autonomous transactions patch
> (https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/659a2fce-b6ee-06de-
> 05c0-c8ed6a01979e(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com).
> However, the difference there is that the behavior is lexical, specific
> to plpgsql, whereas here you are really just selecting run time
> behavior. So a GUC, and also something that could apply to other
> places, should be considered.
>

I'll look there - we coordinate work on that.

Regards

Pavel

>
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