On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 06:09:16PM +0100, KÖPFERL Robert wrote: > > > > Why SQL instead of PL/pgSQL if the former doesn't do what you need > > and the latter does? > > I have the feeling that even complicated and boxed queries are faster or can > be optimized by the planer than any PLpgsql. Isn't there a motule that has > to be invoked?
PL/pgSQL might be more efficient than you think -- see the Overview in the PL/pgSQL documentation for more information about how it works. I'd suggest making the function work first, and only then worry about whether it's fast enough. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org