On 03/16/2016 07:58 AM, Dang Minh Huong wrote:
> Hi,
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> Why does log temp files are created twice when query is executed in PL/pgSQL function?
> Would you please explain it to me?
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> As below test result. Log temp files are created twice when SELECT statement is put
> into a PL/pgSQL function. It led a little of performance degradation.
> Is there any way to define PL/pgSQL function to avoid this issue?
> # I am using PostgreSQL 9.3.9
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> my test results
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> [postgres@test]$ psql -c "select test_tempfiles();" > /dev/null
> LOG: temporary file: path "base/pgsql_tmp/pgsql_tmp2223.0", size 3244032
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function test_cursor() line 3 at RETURN QUERY
> LOG: temporary file: path "base/pgsql_tmp/pgsql_tmp23223.1", size 2828062
> LOG: duration: 421.426 ms statement: select test_tempfiles();
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> [postgres@test]$ psql -c "select name from testtbl order by id" > /dev/null
> LOG: temporary file: path "base/pgsql_tmp/pgsql_tmp25586.0", size 2850816
> LOG: duration: 389.054 ms statement: select random from testtbl order by random
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> test_tempfiles() function is defined as below
Are you sure. The query is double quoted which returns an error when run
on my machine.
What do have logging set to?
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> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.test_tempfiles()
> RETURNS TABLE(name text)
> LANGUAGE plpgsql
> AS
> $function$
> begin
> return query execute "select name from testtbl order by id ";
> end;
> $function$
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> Thanks and best regrards,
> bocap
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