Re: index on to_char(created, 'YYYY') doesn't work

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On Wednesday 15 January 2003 11:37, you wrote:
> The following does not work:
>
> create index session_u_idx on session (to_char(created, 'YYYY'));
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "'YYYY'" at character 57
>
> Can I make a function to do this and index using the result of that
> funtion? Do anyone have an example of such a function?

I tried the following function:
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create function drus (timestamp) returns varchar AS'
DECLARE
str_created VARCHAR;
created ALIAS FOR $1;
BEGIN
str_created:= to_char(created, ''YYYY'');
RETURN str_created;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

create index session_u_idx on session (drus(created));
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But it failes with:
ERROR: DefineIndex: index function must be marked isImmutable

Now the question is how do I mark an index function isImmutable?

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