Re: procedure takes much more time than its query statement

Excelent !
You are right
Thanks a lot
Sabin

"Craig Ringer" <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au> wrote in message
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> On 11/01/2011 10:01 PM, Sabin Coanda wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have the function:
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "Test"( ... )
>> RETURNS SETOF record AS
>> $BODY$
>> BEGIN
>> RETURN QUERY
>> SELECT ...;
>> END;
>> $BODY$
>> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' STABLE
>>
>> The function call takes about 5 minute to proceed, but using directly its
>> query statement, after replacing the arguments with the same values, it
>> takes just 5 seconds !
>>
>> I repeat the test several times and the duration is the same.
>>
>> What is wrong ?
>>
> Is it also slow if, outside PL/PgSQL in a regular psql session, you
> PREPARE the query, then EXECUTE it?
>
> If so, you're being bitten by a generic query plan. The server does a
> better job when it knows what parameter is used when it's planning the
> statement. To work around it, you can use the PL/PgSQL 'EXECUTE ... USING
> ...' statement to force a re-plan of the statement for every time it's
> run.
>
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> Craig Ringer
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