Re: string_to_array has to be stable? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: string_to_array has to be stable?
Date
Msg-id 1280358558.31397.2.camel@jdavis-ux.asterdata.local
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In response to string_to_array has to be stable?  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: string_to_array has to be stable?
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On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 11:31 +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am working on to_array, to_string functions and I am looking on
> string_to_array function. I am surprised so this function is marked as
> immutable
> 
> postgres=# select array_to_string(array[current_date],',');
>  array_to_string
> -----------------
>  2010-07-20
> (1 row)
> 
> postgres=# set datestyle to German ;
> SET
> postgres=# select array_to_string(array[current_date],',');
>  array_to_string
> -----------------
>  20.07.2010
> (1 row)
> 

What's wrong with that? "current_date" is the part that's changing, and
it's being passed as an argument to the function. If the argument
changes, an immutable function can return a different result.

Regards,Jeff Davis



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