Re: [HACKERS] Altering a plan

2007-07-17 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
Please keep the list cc'd.

Shruthi A wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Heikki Linnakangas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Shruthi A wrote:
>> >> > I want to take a plan generated by the postgres optimizer and insert
>> a
>> >> > constant in place of another constant in the plan. There is a
>> function
>> >> > OidOutputFunctionCall( ) to get the constant. Similarly, is there
>> any
>> >> > function to set the value of the constant?   Also what does
>> >> > OidInputFunctionCall( ) do?
>>
>> Why?
>>
> Actually i'm trying to write a function where the plan which is optimal for
> one query is enforced for another query (and the 2 queries differ only in a
> constant value of a predicate).

How about using a parameter instead of a constant?

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Re: [HACKERS] Altering a plan

2007-07-17 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
Shruthi A wrote:
>> > I want to take a plan generated by the postgres optimizer and insert a
>> > constant in place of another constant in the plan. There is a function
>> > OidOutputFunctionCall( ) to get the constant. Similarly, is there any
>> > function to set the value of the constant?   Also what does
>> > OidInputFunctionCall( ) do?

Why?

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Re: [HACKERS] Altering a plan

2007-07-16 Thread Warren Turkal
On Monday 16 July 2007 22:32:07 Shruthi A wrote:
> > > Please reply soon, this is an emergency..

This may be obvious, but a quick reply might call for commercial support. 
Check out [1].

[1]http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support

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Re: [HACKERS] Altering a plan

2007-07-16 Thread Shruthi A

Hi,
>
> I want to take a plan generated by the postgres optimizer and insert a
> constant in place of another constant in the plan. There is a function
> OidOutputFunctionCall( ) to get the constant. Similarly, is there any
> function to set the value of the constant?   Also what does
> OidInputFunctionCall( ) do?
>
> Please reply soon, this is an emergency..
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Shruthi
>
>