Thread: BUG #15272: creating an index function terminate with error

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      15272
Logged by:          karim loumour
Email address:      loumour@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 10.4
Operating system:   RHEL 7
Description:

I created the function bellow :

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_unaccent(text) RETURNS text AS $$
SELECT lower(unaccent('unaccent', $1))
$$  LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;

I can call this function correctly :

select upper(f_unaccent(nom)) from geoname limit 10;
        upper         
----------------------
 CANAL LLISA
 TORRENT LLIMOIS
 BARRANC DEL LLEMPO
 CASA LLECSIA
 BORDA DEL LLECSIA
 PONT DEL LLARG
 FONTANAL LLARG
 CASA LLARG
 CANAL DEL LLARG
 TORRENT DE LA LLAMPA
(10 rows)

But, when i need to create an index using that function, i have the
following error:

dref=# create index geo_test on geoname(upper(f_unaccent(nom))) ;
ERROR:  function unaccent(unknown, text) does not exist
LINE 2: SELECT lower(unaccent('unaccent', $1))
                     ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need
to add explicit type casts.
QUERY:  
SELECT lower(unaccent('unaccent', $1))

CONTEXT:  SQL function "f_unaccent" during inlining

=?utf-8?q?PG_Bug_reporting_form?= <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I created the function bellow :

> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_unaccent(text) RETURNS text AS $$
> SELECT lower(unaccent('unaccent', $1))
> $$  LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;

> But, when i need to create an index using that function, i have the
> following error:

> dref=# create index geo_test on geoname(upper(f_unaccent(nom))) ;
> ERROR:  function unaccent(unknown, text) does not exist

You need to schema-qualify the function name, or else add a SET clause
to force an appropriate search_path setting.  PG did not use to be
picky about that, but it is since CVE-2018-1058.  In any case, the
old behavior was very dangerous since the index function's behavior
could vary depending on the prevailing search path.

            regards, tom lane