Update based on user comments:

<   in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.
>   in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.  One complexity is that a function
>   might itself drop and recreate dependent tables, causing it to
>   invalidate its own query plan.

diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 5f8cd01b1c0c1108e5f4c4487822dd19f2b375a7..e60941194c60fa193bd80555a81f477a758cd5fb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:      Fri Aug 26 15:10:29 EDT 2005
+Last updated:      Fri Aug 26 15:32:39 EDT 2005
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -621,7 +621,9 @@ Dependency Checking
 
   This is particularly important for references to temporary tables
   in PL/PgSQL because PL/PgSQL caches query plans.  The only workaround
-  in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.
+  in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.  One complexity is that a function
+  might itself drop and recreate dependent tables, causing it to
+  invalidate its own query plan.
 
 
 Exotic Features

diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index 4b84782b7378ac06b05509c2a3e4f042488bc759..4a3a825286b225d9f5cd80e2130994c8c0b86fbc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:           Fri Aug 26 15:10:29 EDT 2005
+Last updated:           Fri Aug 26 15:32:39 EDT 2005
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -563,7 +563,9 @@ first.
   Track dependencies in function bodies and recompile/invalidate
   This is particularly important for references to temporary tables
   in PL/PgSQL because PL/PgSQL caches query plans.  The only workaround
-  in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.
+  in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE.  One complexity is that a function
+  might itself drop and recreate dependent tables, causing it to
+  invalidate its own query plan.
 
 
 Exotic Features