On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:
> On 2009-08-19, Stephen Cook wrote:
>
>> Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from various
>> tables and process and sort them to be returned to the user.
>
> plpgsql functions don't play well with temp tables IME.
> there
On 20 Aug 2009 13:43:10 GMT
Jasen Betts wrote:
> On 2009-08-19, Stephen Cook wrote:
>
> > Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from
> > various tables and process and sort them to be returned to the
> > user.
>
> plpgsql functions don't play well with temp tables IME.
W
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 03:03:28AM -0400, Stephen Cook wrote:
> Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from various
> tables and process and sort them to be returned to the user.
>
> In general, would it be better to create a temporary table in that
> function, do the work
On 2009-08-19, Stephen Cook wrote:
> Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from various
> tables and process and sort them to be returned to the user.
plpgsql functions don't play well with temp tables IME.
there are work-arounds and they are ugly. if you caus use a differ
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 08:10:14PM -0400, Stephen Cook wrote:
> I've decided on some type of table storage because basically I'm
> combining information from several different tables (some of which need
> to recursively get other rows) and massaging it and sorting it in ways
> far too convoluted
Peter Hunsberger wrote:
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Stephen Cook wrote:
Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from various
tables and process and sort them to be returned to the user.
In general, would it be better to create a temporary table in that function,
do the
Let's say I have a function that needs to collect some data from various
tables and process and sort them to be returned to the user.
In general, would it be better to create a temporary table in that
function, do the work and sorting there, and return it... or keep a
permanent table for prett
