Re: Query is fast and function is slow

Hi,

On Wednesday 06 December 2006 16:44, Richard Ray wrote:
| select count(*) from documents where doc_num = '106973821'  and (select
| bit_or(group_access) from mda_groups where group_name in (select groname
| from pg_user,pg_group where usename =  'bbob'  and usesysid = any(grolist)
| and (groname ~ '.*owner$' or groname = 'admin'))) & access >
| '0'::bit(100);
|
| returns very fast
|
| If I create function
|
| create or replace function check_for_update_permission(text,text) returns
| boolean as '
| declare
|    doc_number alias for $1;
|    user alias for $2;
|    doc_count integer;
| begin
...
| end;
| ' language 'plpgsql';
|
|
| and run "select check_for_update_permission('106973821','bbob');"
| it returns the correct info but takes several minutes
| Would someone please enlighten me.
| Can you do something like explain analyze on a function

Just a guess: is the column "doc_num" really of type text? Maybe using "text"
in the function lets the planner choose a sequential scan?

I'd try putting a "raise notice '%', explain analyze ..." statement into the 
function and check the log file.

Ciao,
Thomas

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