Re: using of select (myfunction()).* is so slow

Hello

If you use a record expansion over function's result, then function is
called once for record's field.

so don't do it on slow functions.

Regards

Pavel

2011/2/3 Gerardo Herzig <gherzig(at)fmed(dot)uba(dot)ar>:
> Hi all, im using a function of my own in a subquery, and when wonderig
> about the slowliness of this one, y relalize that:
>
> test=# SELECT (_xxfunction(854,'711H',11,false)).* ;
> (4 filas)
> --Result DELETED
> Duración: 1069,465 ms
>
>
> glyms=# SELECT * from _xxfunction(854,'711H',11,false) ;
> (4 filas)
> Duración: 228,699 ms
>
> For privacy reasons, i just deleted the result and the function name,
> but the resulst are obviously exactly the same, and the ().* form (which
> i needed) is taking so much more...there is a reason why? A workaround?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gerardo
>
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