Re: BUG #15491: index on function not being used for full text searchwhen querying through a view - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Hello,

On 07.11.2018 11:30, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> I'm trying to implement full text search with PostgreSQL,
> I found when using a function create index in conjunction with querying
> through a view, will cause postgres not to use the index.
> Below are example for each scenario.
> 
> When only using expression index, the index is used
> https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=postgres_11&fiddle=16ed7a04389ebf71dc5a1fb2daa34058
> 
> When only using view, the index is also used
> https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=postgres_11&fiddle=e8d50181b8612421773c2da39e45c9fd
> 
> view + expression, the index is NOT used
> https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=postgres_11&fiddle=19d7b923514f100f6e402b54624cc972
> 
> I've avoid using function in my app, but I think this should have worked.
> Thank you

I'm not strong in various function volatility categories. But it seems 
that STABLE function solves this. See:

https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=postgres_11&fiddle=eadfe2af10113ca53ff9698228728490

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Arthur Zakirov
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