Re: BUG #4421: convert_to() should be immutable

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> andipeer(at)gmx(dot)net wrote:
>> The function convert_to(string text, dest_encoding name) is not allowed to
>> be used in a index expression, because it is not marked as "IMMUTABLE".

> You can change the way a conversion is done with CREATE/DROP CONVERSION.
> That's why it can't be IMMUTABLE.

The other reason is that it depends on the database encoding. I suppose
you could make an argument that that's fixed for as long as IMMUTABLE
needs to think about --- but we'd have to remember to undo the marking
if database encoding ever becomes less fixed.

Just out of curiosity, what's the use-case for this function in an index
anyway?

regards, tom lane