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--- doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml	19 Jan 2006 22:43:58 -0000
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        A STABLE> function cannot modify the database and is
        guaranteed to return the same results given the same arguments
!       for all calls within a single surrounding query.  This category
!       allows the optimizer to optimize away multiple calls of the function
!       within a single query.  In particular, it is safe to use an expression
!       containing such a function in an index scan condition.  (Since an
!       index scan will evaluate the comparison value only once, not once at
!       each row, it is not valid to use a VOLATILE> function in
!       an index scan condition.)
       
      
      
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        A STABLE> function cannot modify the database and is
        guaranteed to return the same results given the same arguments
!       for all rows within a single statement. This category allows the
!       optimizer to optimize multiple calls of the function to a single
!       call. In particular, it is safe to use an expression containing
!       such a function in an index scan condition. (Since an index scan
!       will evaluate the comparison value only once, not once at each
!       row, it is not valid to use a VOLATILE> function in an
!       index scan condition.)