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Doc: explain about dependency tracking for new-style SQL functions.
5.14 Dependency Tracking was not updated when we added new-style SQL functions. Improve that. Noted by Sami Imseih. Back-patch to v14 where new-style SQL functions came in. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/2C1933AB-C2F8-499B-9D18-4AC1882256A0@amazon.com
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<para>
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For user-defined functions, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tracks
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dependencies associated with a function's externally-visible properties,
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For a user-defined function or procedure whose body is defined as a string
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literal, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tracks
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dependencies associated with the function's externally-visible properties,
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such as its argument and result types, but <emphasis>not</emphasis> dependencies
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that could only be known by examining the function body. As an example,
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consider this situation:
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table is missing, though executing it would cause an error; creating a new
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table of the same name would allow the function to work again.
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</para>
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<para>
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On the other hand, for a SQL-language function or procedure whose body
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is written in SQL-standard style, the body is parsed at function
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definition time and all dependencies recognized by the parser are
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stored. Thus, if we write the function above as
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<programlisting>
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CREATE FUNCTION get_color_note (rainbow) RETURNS text
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BEGIN ATOMIC
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SELECT note FROM my_colors WHERE color = $1;
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END;
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</programlisting>
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then the function's dependency on the <structname>my_colors</structname>
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table will be known and enforced by <command>DROP</command>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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