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authorNoah Misch2013-06-26 23:51:56 +0000
committerNoah Misch2013-06-27 00:33:25 +0000
commit40265e3446b0c037510bb05dfe80e4131e77b754 (patch)
treea3bd2e466680a2b6561794273d3817a4296a6956 /doc/src
parentdc22b34f86a29d393c6407861a6865e88736c22c (diff)
Document effect of constant folding on CASE.
Back-patch to all supported versions. Laurenz Albe
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@@ -10563,6 +10563,16 @@ SELECT a,
SELECT ... WHERE CASE WHEN x <> 0 THEN y/x > 1.5 ELSE false END;
</programlisting>
</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ As described in <xref linkend="xfunc-volatility">, functions and
+ operators marked <literal>IMMUTABLE</literal> can be evaluated when
+ the query is planned rather than when it is executed. This means
+ that constant parts of a subexpression that is not evaluated during
+ query execution might still be evaluated during query planning.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="functions-coalesce-nvl-ifnull">