Issue with passing NULL for function parameter

From: Archana Sachin Ghag <Archana_Ghag(at)infosys(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Issue with passing NULL for function parameter
Date: 2011-11-03 11:32:52
Message-ID: EECE843AE50D6E4E85BE16173C1E84EB097579D1F7@PUNITPMBX01.ad.infosys.com
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I have wriiten following simple function in postgresql

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "MySchema".add_user(p_name character varying, p_email1 character varying, p_email2 character varying)
RETURNS bigint AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
userId bigint;
BEGIN
INSERT INTO "MySchema"."User"("Name" ,"EMail1" , "EMail2")
VALUES ($1 , $2, $3) ;

Select CURRVAL('"MySchema".user_seq_userid') into userId;

return userid;
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE STRICT

Function works absoolutely fine if I provide values for all three parameters. Record gets inserted too.

But if I pass NULL for say last parameter, using SELECT "MySchema".add_user('A' , 'A', NULL)
function does not do anything and return zero.
No error is shown. But record is not inserted in table.
All columns in table can have NULL value.

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