Re: "iscachable" functions

From: Eric B(dot)Ridge <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com>
To: Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "iscachable" functions
Date: 2003-02-14 21:50:47
Message-ID: 6049EECC-4066-11D7-9576-0003937E3354@tcdi.com
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On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 04:38 PM, Jeff Eckermann wrote:
> --- "Eric B.Ridge" <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com> wrote:

<snip>

>> But where is this cache? Is it per backend
>> connection, or is it shared
>> among all backends? Also, is there a way to
>> invalidate this cache or
>> otherwise expire the values?
>>
> There isn't any cache: the choice of name is
> misleading. "iscachable" means nothing more than the
> docs quote says. The usefulness of it lies in being
> able to index the return value of the function.

thanks! I was trying to read too much into the docs.

eric

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