Re: functions and plans - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: functions and plans
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Msg-id 20060523153111.GE64371@pervasive.com
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In response to functions and plans  (Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 04:19:56PM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> I am trying to figure out some issues with my functions and I was hoping
> someone could help me.
> My understanding is that the plan is made when the function is run the
> first time. That means that running analyze on a table after a function
> is run once won't change the plan.
>
> I have a table that I populate, select and delete the data each time the
> function is run. Each time I run the function it takes longer to get the
> data. In these tests, the data is the exact same every time.
>
> I tried putting vacuum inside the function, but I got an error, cannot
> run vacuum inside of function.
>
> Any thoughts?

Best bet would probably be to turn on autovacuum. Short of that, setup a
cronjob.
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