Re: A question of volatility - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: A question of volatility
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In response to Re: A question of volatility  (Dean Rasheed <dean_rasheed@hotmail.com>)
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Dean Rasheed <dean_rasheed@hotmail.com> writes:
> My reason for asking is that some languages maintain a dependency tree
> of functions, and so could in theory do something clever with
> dependent functions - such as distinguishing between *declared* and
> *derived* volatility.

That might be possible in a system that only supports statically
analyzable functions, but Postgres is not such a system.  Consider
EXECUTE in plpgsql, or anything at all in plperl or pltcl.

            regards, tom lane

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