On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:08:00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> I suggest that DETERMINISTIC be added as a synonym for IMMUTABLE and that >> "NOT DETERMINISTIC" be added as an alias for VOLATILE in PostgreSQL's >> grammar for CREATE FUNCTION. > > These do NOT mean the same thing.
I'm having a hard time seeing the difference between DETERMINISTIC and IMMUTABLE. My suggestion for "NOT DETERMINISTIC"==VOLATILE is because VOLATILE seems to be the least strict of the three PostgreSQL volatility categories. Do you disagree on both, or just the last one? -- Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
