Re: ERROR: DefineIndex: index function must be marked iscachable

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 08:10:12PM +0800, Lec wrote:
> With version 7.2, when I tried to create an index using the built-in
> funtion date(), I got an error:
>
> ai=> create index stl_date on stl(date(stl_trxdate) );
> ERROR: DefineIndex: index function must be marked iscachable
>
> What does this mean? I could do so under version 7.1.2

When a function is marked "iscachable" it means that for the same input it
will always produce the same output. This is obviously a desirable property
for something you want to index on.

So, add the "iscachable" function to the "create function" statement.
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