select statement inside a function: behavior bad

I tested select statement inside sql and plpgsql function,
very slow


CREATE FUNCTION geturllike(text) RETURNS SETOF text AS '
SELECT url as url FROM urlinfo WHERE url LIKE $1;
'LANGUAGE 'sql';

CREATE FUNCTION hasdup(text) RETURNS int4 AS '
declare
   v_id         int4;
   rat1         text;
   rat2         text;
   v_url        text;
   rec          record;

begin
     v_url:= $1||''%'';

     for rec in select id,url from urlinfo where url like v_url order by
url loop
        raise notice ''%'',rec.url;
     end loop;
     return 0;
end;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Why so slow????
Is it a bug??


Jie LIANG

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