Re: a plpgsql bug

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "daidewei(at)highgo(dot)com" <daidewei(at)highgo(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: a plpgsql bug
Date: 2023-09-19 15:24:25
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZQnBBDPYq=kj++eh0X_K5eE_+K9yLWBn5vO7K1ysYcNg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 11:46 PM daidewei(at)highgo(dot)com <daidewei(at)highgo(dot)com>
wrote:

> I found a problem in plpgsql. When there is a large loop in plpgsql,
> it is found that the change of search_path will cause memory exhaustion and
> thus disconnect the connection.
>

It is impossible to prevent queries from exhausting memory so the fact that
this one does isn't an indication of a bug on its own. I'm having trouble
imagining a reasonable use case for this pattern of changing search_path
frequently in a loop within a single execution of a function. That said,
I'm not in a position to judge how easy or difficult an improvement in this
area may be.

David J.

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