I'm trying to seed a table with random data for foreign key references. Some
keys are missing so I have to check if they exist before inserting. Postgres
seems to be optimizing out the random() call. I thought it would only do that
for cacheable/immutable functions?
This is happening on 7.3.1 as well as on CVS built about a week ago.
db=> create function r(integer,integer) returns integer as 'select (random()*($2 - $1))::integer + $1' language sql;
db=> explain insert into foo_bar (
foo_id, bar_id
) (
select foo_id, bar_id
from (select foo_id, r(1,13512) as bar_id
from foo
) as x
where exists (select 1 from bar where bar_id = x.bar_id)
);
QUERY PLAN
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Result (cost=442.53..1564.49 rows=1 width=4)
One-Time Filter: $0
InitPlan
-> Seq Scan on bar (cost=0.00..442.53 rows=1 width=0)
Filter: (bar_id = (((random() * 13511::double precision))::integer + 1))
-> Seq Scan on foo (cost=0.00..1121.95 rows=1 width=4)
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greg
