Re: Is there any method to keep table in memory at startup

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

>Vinay Jain said:
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>>hi
>>ya  function is declared immutable and strict... also made btree
>>index..
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>The docs state this about immutable functions:
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>IMMUTABLE indicates that the function always returns the same result when
>given the same argument values; that is, it does not do database lookups
>or otherwise use information not directly present in its argument list.
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>So it appears you are lying to postgres when you declare your function to
>be immutable, because you are doing a database lookup.
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>Why not just code your lookup table as static data immediately available
>to your function, and look it up from C directly, rather than using a
>database table? Then your function could be genuinely immutable (and fast).
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>cheers
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>andrew
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>Hi
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You mean that I should create a static table in C program itself and use 
it...if i am not wrong
Ya for the time being i am doing this thing but actually table is bigger 
(around 5000 rows with 6 columns)
also this table is also created and destroyed in each indchar_lt call 
which is called many times in order by clause
one more thing i want it generalized so that I can include other indian 
languages also..without changing code..
If there is not any method to get results fast using database table i 
will have to opt this option only..
regards
Vinay

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