Re: \if, \elseif, \else, \endif (was Re: [HACKERS] PSQL commands:\quit_if, \quit_unless)

On 1/29/17 2:35 AM, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>>> I'm wondering what pg would do on "EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM customer)" if
>>> there are many employees. [...]
>>
>> I believe that the scan stops on the first row it finds, because the
>> EXITS() clause is met.
>
> Hmmm... That is not so clear from "EXPLAIN" output:

You need to use a better test case...

> explain analyze select exists(select 1 from generate_series(1,99999) gs);
>                                                           QUERY PLAN
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Result  (cost=0.01..0.02 rows=1 width=1) (actual time=26.278..26.278 rows=1 loops=1)
>    InitPlan 1 (returns $0)
>      ->  Function Scan on generate_series gs  (cost=0.00..10.00 rows=1000 width=0) (actual time=26.271..26.271 rows=1
loops=1)
>  Planning time: 6.568 ms
>  Execution time: 48.917 ms
> (5 rows)

In any case, +1 for not promoting count(*) <> 0; that's a really, really 
bad way to test for existence.
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