"Tiziano Tissino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a function like the following one:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.test() RETURNS int4 AS $BODY$
> from os import chdir
> chdir('/tmp')
> test=plpy.execute('SELECT int_field FROM table1;')[0]['int_field']
> return test
> $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpythonu' VOLATILE;

chdir is a great way to break your database.  Don't do it.

Other things to avoid in plpythonu functions include: rm -rf,
kill -9 the postmaster, etc ...

                        regards, tom lane

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