Hello
postgres=# create function simplefce(a int, b int) returns int as
$$select $1 + $2$$ language sql immutable strict;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=# create function simplefce1(a int, b int) returns int as
$$begin return a+b; end;$$ language plpgsql immutable strict;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=#
postgres=# select sum(simplefce(i,1)) from generate_series(1,100000) g(i);
sum
------------
5000150000
(1 row)
Time: 255,997 ms
postgres=# select sum(simplefce1(i,1)) from generate_series(1,100000) g(i);
sum
------------
5000150000
(1 row)
Time: 646,791 ms
Regards
Pavel Stehule
2008/10/23 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>:
> I'd like to encapsulate something that now is just a simple select
> in a plpgsql function now just to keep an interface consistent but
> even for well... encapsulating the sql.
>
> Right now a simple select statement will suffice.
>
> What kind of overhead a plpgsql that just return a select incur
> compared to a simple select?
>
> I'm not that worried of old query plans.
>
> thx
>
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