Re: I remember why I suggested CREATE FUNCTION...AS NULL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I remember why I suggested CREATE FUNCTION...AS NULL
Date: 2000-09-09 01:48:30
Message-ID: 27642.968464110@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> writes:
>> ALTER FUNCTION numpeople() AS
>> 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM managers' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

> Actually, I think this would still work, because it
> doesn't check the table name existance until it's
> used for the first time, not when it's created.

But SQL-language function bodies are checked at entry, not only
at first use. (I consider it a deficiency of plpgsql that it
doesn't do likewise.)

regards, tom lane

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