Re: Dynamic queries in stored procedure

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Greg Jaskiewicz <gryzman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dynamic queries in stored procedure
Date: 2013-07-05 14:26:42
Message-ID: 51D6D7A2.3030206@dunslane.net
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On 07/05/2013 09:57 AM, Greg Jaskiewicz wrote:
> Hey,
>
> We have a search method that depending on search params will join 3-5 tables, craft the joins and where section. Only problem is, this is done in rather horrible java code. So using pgtap for tests is not feasible.
> I want to move the database complexity back to database, almost writing the query construction in the plpgsql or python as stores procedure, any suggestions ?
>
> Unfortunately PostgreSQL won't eliminate unnecessary joins from a view, so I can't just create one view and simple code adding where's, order by, etc.
>
> No, I don't want to use orm.
>

It's a matter of taste. Pretty much every PL has facilities for
constructing and running dynamic sql. PLPgsql ,PLPerl, PLV8 ...

cheers

andrew

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