Re: [HACKERS] Need some clarification

2006-05-12 Thread Qingqing Zhou
Dhanaraj M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote 2. *Invalidate prepared queries, like INSERT, when the table definition is altered *Invalidation means recompilation or deletion of the prepared stmt here.* *Both the items look similar. i.e) needs recompilation of the query after altering the table.

Re: [HACKERS] Need some clarification

2006-05-12 Thread Tom Lane
Qingqing Zhou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, IMHO the basic idea is like that - the difficulty is that we are lack of efficient object tracking mechanism, so that when an underlying object is changed, all the prepared plans should be invalidated. The basic signaling mechanism does exist (the

[HACKERS] Need some clarification

2006-05-10 Thread Dhanaraj M
I could see the following in TODO list but I am not clear what is expected out of this. Can anyone explain this? 1. *Allow VIEW/RULE recompilation when the underlying tables change * *Another issue is whether underlying table changes should be reflected in the view, e.g. should SELECT *