Multiple call handlers per language

From: Kelly Burkhart <kelly(dot)burkhart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Multiple call handlers per language
Date: 2014-12-05 16:05:24
Message-ID: CAND8VyCWhxK3ALDp_FWqpxpmvy2dXg6MhHYtipmM2sFvv4Ny0Q@mail.gmail.com
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Hello, our production database has existed for quite a few years and been
dumped/restored several times for hardware or postgresql upgrades.
Original version was late 7 or early 8, we're currently on 8.4.2. I
noticed on our production database I have two call handlers for plpgsql and
for plpython; the following query:

select
pn.nspname,
pu0.usename as nspowner,
pp.proname,
pu1.usename as proowner,
pp.prosrc,
pp.probin
from
pg_proc pp,
pg_namespace pn,
pg_user pu0,
pg_user pu1
where
pp.proname like '%call_handler%'
and pn.oid = pp.pronamespace
and pu0.usesysid = pn.nspowner
and pu1.usesysid = pp.proowner
order by pp.proname;

Produces this:
nspname | nspowner | proname | proowner |
prosrc | probin
------------+----------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------
pg_catalog | postgres | plpgsql_call_handler | postgres |
plpgsql_call_handler | $libdir/plpgsql
public | postgres | plpgsql_call_handler | postgres |
plpgsql_call_handler | $libdir/plpgsql
pg_catalog | postgres | plpython_call_handler | postgres |
plpython_call_handler | $libdir/plpython
public | postgres | plpython_call_handler | postgres |
plpython_call_handler | $libdir/plpython
(4 rows)

When I run this on a fresh database created on a fresh cluster like this:

createdb --template=template1 krbtst
createlang plpythonu krbtst

I see this:

nspname | nspowner | proname | proowner |
prosrc | probin
------------+----------+-----------------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------
pg_catalog | postgres | plpgsql_call_handler | postgres |
plpgsql_call_handler | $libdir/plpgsql
pg_catalog | postgres | plpython_call_handler | postgres |
plpython_call_handler | $libdir/plpython
(2 rows)

Should I worry about the extra rows in our production database? If so how
should I go about cleaning them?

-K

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