Greetings, In doing some test on 8.3RC2, I was dismayed to discover that the pl/pgsql plan invalidation logic added doesn't consider changing the search_path to invalidate a plan.
Our case is where we have a number of schemas with identical table
structures but differing table contents. We then have functions which
operate across the tables in those schemas. For our functions which
build up a string and then execute, everything is fine (though the
command has to be re-planned every time). For those functions where
we don't actually need to build up the query dynamically, things work
provided we only work in one schema during a session.
If we change the search_path after having run the function, the
function doesn't pick up on the new tables (it uses the same ones it
used in the first run). This can be pretty frustrating and I had
really hoped that the plan invalidation added in 8.3 would handle this
case. Here's an example:
set search_path=sfrost;
create table a (col1 integer);
insert into a values (1);
create or replace function test1 () returns integer as $_$
declare
myint integer;
begin
select into myint col1 from a;
return myint;
end; $_$ language plpgsql;
set search_path=sfrost2;
create table a (col1 integer);
insert into a values (2);
set search_path=sfrost;
select test1(); -- returns '1'
set search_path=sfrost2;
select sfrost.test1(); -- *also* returns '1', instead of '2'
Would it be possible to have this case handled?
Thanks,
Stephen
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