From: | Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net> |
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To: | Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: function(contants) evaluated for every row |
Date: | 2010-11-25 00:20:37 |
Message-ID: | E05E70E4-721E-4A3A-8DEC-7FF9ADA5A74E@seespotcode.net |
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On Nov 24, 2010, at 15:28 , Marti Raudsepp wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 21:52, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>>> Notice the to_date()'s were not converted to constants in EXPLAIN so
>>> they are evaluated for every row. to_date() is marked STABLE.
>
>> No. This is per expectation. Only IMMUTABLE functions can be folded to
>> constants in advance of the query.
>
> This is something that has bit me in the past.
>
> I realize that STABLE functions cannot be constant-folded at
> planning-time. But are there good reasons why it cannot called only
> once at execution-time?
>
> As long as *only* STABLE or IMMUTABLE functions are used in a query,
> we can assume that settings like timezone won't change in the middle
> of the execution of a function, thus STABLE function calls can be
> collapsed -- right?
I've seen this as well be a performance issue, in particular with partitioned tables. Out of habit I now write functions that always cache the value of the function in a variable and use the variable in the actual query to avoid this particular "gotcha".
Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net
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