| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: I remember why I suggested CREATE FUNCTION...AS NULL |
| Date: | 2000-09-09 01:48:30 |
| Message-ID: | 27642.968464110@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> writes:
>> ALTER FUNCTION numpeople() AS
>> 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM managers' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> Actually, I think this would still work, because it
> doesn't check the table name existance until it's
> used for the first time, not when it's created.
But SQL-language function bodies are checked at entry, not only
at first use. (I consider it a deficiency of plpgsql that it
doesn't do likewise.)
regards, tom lane
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