On 1/4/16 12:53 PM, Atri Sharma wrote:
Please don't top-post.
> On 5 Jan 2016 12:20 am, "Jim Nasby" <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com
> <mailto:Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.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... :)
> I was wary to use SPI inside the executor for node evaluation functions.> Does it seem safe?
Oh, inside the executor? Yeah, I doubt attempting SPI there would end
well...
What exactly are you trying to do?
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