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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.)