Re: Recreate C functions?

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Elliot Chance <elliotchance(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Recreate C functions?
Date: 2010-12-14 09:10:34
Message-ID: AANLkTi=4pzasCj4Y+hkky1KbO1xZ4bNJ07G7Wu-ZiPTi@mail.gmail.com
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2010/12/14 Elliot Chance <elliotchance(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> OK, my fault, in the docs:
> "After it is used for the first time, a dynamically loaded object file is
> retained in memory. Future calls in the same session to the function(s) in
> that file will only incur the small overhead of a symbol table lookup. If
> you need to force a reload of an object file, for example after recompiling
> it, begin a fresh session."
> So this works for testing:
> psql -U fts -c "select plpgsql_test('abc');"
> On 14/12/2010, at 7:52 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>

good to know.

regards

Pavel

> Hello
>
> it's maybe offtopic - you use a deprecated API
>
> better to use V1 interface.
>
> Regards
>
> Pavel Stehule
>
> 2010/12/14 Elliot Chance <elliotchance(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I seem to be having trouble recreating C functions, the source:
>
> === test.c ====
>
> #include <postgres.h>
>
> #include <fmgr.h>
>
> PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
>
> int32 plpgsql_test(text* s) {
>
>    return 100;
>
> }
>
> === end ===
>
> Then compile:
>
> $ cc -fpic -c -I/usr/include/pgsql/server test.c
>
> $ ld -shared -o funcs.so test.o
>
> Then create the function:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION plpgsql_test(text) RETURNS integer
>
>     AS '/storage/Scripts/plpgsql/funcs', 'plpgsql_test'
>
>     LANGUAGE C STRICT IMMUTABLE;
>
> So far it works:
>
> select plpgsql_test('abc');
>
> 100
>
> The problem is if I change test.c like:
>
> return 200;
>
> Then recompile, drop and create the function it still returns 100? However
> if I compile it as funcs2.so it will then create the function with the
> correct 200 result ... what am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elliot
>
>
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