Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hm. I wonder if there are cases of people using functions like this with
> user-defined volatile functions depending on the function's side effects
> happening the correct number of times. Or do volatile functions not get
> inlined like this?

SQL functions can't have side effects, at least not if they are simple
SELECTs, which is the only kind that gets inlined.

> To do it I think you would need a iseq() function that compared NULLs as being
> equal.

No, just

        CASE WHEN (col = checkval) OR (col IS NULL AND checkval IS NULL)
        ...

                        regards, tom lane

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