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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/funcapi.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/funcapi.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/funcapi.h b/src/include/funcapi.h index 1a88b520877..a8bac0f8359 100644 --- a/src/include/funcapi.h +++ b/src/include/funcapi.h @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ extern Datum HeapTupleHeaderGetDatum(HeapTupleHeader tuple); /*---------- * Support for Set Returning Functions (SRFs) * - * The basic API for SRFs looks something like: + * The basic API for SRFs using ValuePerCall mode looks something like this: * * Datum * my_Set_Returning_Function(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) @@ -272,6 +272,17 @@ extern Datum HeapTupleHeaderGetDatum(HeapTupleHeader tuple); * SRF_RETURN_DONE(funcctx); * } * + * NOTE: there is no guarantee that a SRF using ValuePerCall mode will be + * run to completion; for example, a query with LIMIT might stop short of + * fetching all the rows. Therefore, do not expect that you can do resource + * cleanup just before SRF_RETURN_DONE(). You need not worry about releasing + * memory allocated in multi_call_memory_ctx, but holding file descriptors or + * other non-memory resources open across calls is a bug. SRFs that need + * such resources should not use these macros, but instead populate a + * tuplestore during a single call, and return that using SFRM_Materialize + * mode (see fmgr/README). Alternatively, set up a callback to release + * resources at query shutdown, using RegisterExprContextCallback(). + * *---------- */ |