Re: Accessing non catalog table in backend

Thanks!

I was wary to use SPI inside the executor for node evaluation functions.
Does it seem safe?

Regards,

Atri
On 5 Jan 2016 12:20 am, "Jim Nasby" <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> wrote:

> On 1/4/16 12:07 PM, Atri Sharma wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I wanted to check if it is possible to query a non catalog table in
>> backend.
>>
>> I understand that cql interface is only for catalog querying hence it is
>> not usable for this purpose per se.
>>
>
> AFAIK it's possible to do it with low level routines, but I think unless
> you have a really good reason to go that route you're much better off just
> using SPI. If it's good enough for plpgsql... :)
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