vishal saberwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The query I am actually trying to optimize is long and has a few joins (for=
> =20
> normalization) and hence didn't copy it here.
> The function structure is similar to the one above.
> (a) Am i right in thinking that if I eliminate the for loop, some=20
> performance gain can be achieved?
> (b) Is there a way to eliminate this for loop?
Is the plpgsql layer actually doing anything useful, or just passing
back the results of the SQL command? If the latter, use a SQL function
instead. Or perhaps even better, replace the function by a view.
regards, tom lane
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