diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index 85de47a67660980a6b1a2326aa163f58d475f3c1..0fb1129f7318ed1a7eb7fba3c971099f674321ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c,v 1.36 2000/08/03 16:34:01 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c,v 1.37 2000/08/20 00:44:19 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ FuncIndexArgs(IndexInfo *indexInfo,
 {
 	Oid			argTypes[FUNC_MAX_ARGS];
 	List	   *arglist;
-	HeapTuple	tuple;
-	Oid			retType;
-	int			argn = 0;
+	int			nargs = 0;
+	int			i;
+	Oid			funcid;
+	Oid			rettype;
+	bool		retset;
+	Oid		   *true_typeids;
 
 	/*
 	 * process the function arguments, which are a list of T_String
@@ -385,6 +388,7 @@ FuncIndexArgs(IndexInfo *indexInfo,
 	foreach(arglist, funcIndex->args)
 	{
 		char	   *arg = strVal(lfirst(arglist));
+		HeapTuple	tuple;
 		Form_pg_attribute att;
 
 		tuple = SearchSysCacheTuple(ATTNAME,
@@ -395,40 +399,47 @@ FuncIndexArgs(IndexInfo *indexInfo,
 			elog(ERROR, "DefineIndex: attribute \"%s\" not found", arg);
 		att = (Form_pg_attribute) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 
-		indexInfo->ii_KeyAttrNumbers[argn] = att->attnum;
-		argTypes[argn] = att->atttypid;
-		argn++;
+		indexInfo->ii_KeyAttrNumbers[nargs] = att->attnum;
+		argTypes[nargs] = att->atttypid;
+		nargs++;
 	}
 
 	/* ----------------
 	 * Lookup the function procedure to get its OID and result type.
 	 *
-	 * XXX need to accept binary-compatible functions here, not just
-	 * an exact match.
+	 * We rely on parse_func.c to find the correct function in the
+	 * possible presence of binary-compatible types.  However, parse_func
+	 * may do too much: it will accept a function that requires run-time
+	 * coercion of input types, and the executor is not currently set up
+	 * to support that.  So, check to make sure that the selected function
+	 * has exact-match or binary-compatible input types.
 	 * ----------------
 	 */
-	tuple = SearchSysCacheTuple(PROCNAME,
-								PointerGetDatum(funcIndex->name),
-								Int32GetDatum(indexInfo->ii_NumKeyAttrs),
-								PointerGetDatum(argTypes),
-								0);
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))
+	if (! func_get_detail(funcIndex->name, nargs, argTypes,
+						  &funcid, &rettype, &retset, &true_typeids))
+		func_error("DefineIndex", funcIndex->name, nargs, argTypes, NULL);
+
+	if (retset)
+		elog(ERROR, "DefineIndex: cannot index on a function returning a set");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 	{
-		func_error("DefineIndex", funcIndex->name,
-				   indexInfo->ii_NumKeyAttrs, argTypes, NULL);
+		if (argTypes[i] != true_typeids[i] &&
+			! IS_BINARY_COMPATIBLE(argTypes[i], true_typeids[i]))
+			func_error("DefineIndex", funcIndex->name, nargs, argTypes,
+					   "Index function must be binary-compatible with table datatype");
 	}
 
-	indexInfo->ii_FuncOid = tuple->t_data->t_oid;
-	retType = ((Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->prorettype;
-
 	/* Process opclass, using func return type as default type */
 
-	classOidP[0] = GetAttrOpClass(funcIndex, retType,
+	classOidP[0] = GetAttrOpClass(funcIndex, rettype,
 								  accessMethodName, accessMethodId);
 
-	/* Need to do the fmgr function lookup now, too */
+	/* OK, return results */
 
-	fmgr_info(indexInfo->ii_FuncOid, & indexInfo->ii_FuncInfo);
+	indexInfo->ii_FuncOid = funcid;
+	/* Need to do the fmgr function lookup now, too */
+	fmgr_info(funcid, & indexInfo->ii_FuncInfo);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
index 44a750c166e38756934b8766a8bd720e367d2fed..551e7d2b585510092c12ba8fd244f620c0d7162f 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.87 2000/08/08 15:42:04 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.88 2000/08/20 00:44:18 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -37,18 +37,10 @@ static Node *ParseComplexProjection(ParseState *pstate,
 					   char *funcname,
 					   Node *first_arg,
 					   bool *attisset);
-static Oid **argtype_inherit(int nargs, Oid *oid_array);
+static Oid **argtype_inherit(int nargs, Oid *argtypes);
 
 static int	find_inheritors(Oid relid, Oid **supervec);
 static CandidateList func_get_candidates(char *funcname, int nargs);
-static bool
-func_get_detail(char *funcname,
-				int nargs,
-				Oid *oid_array,
-				Oid *funcid,	/* return value */
-				Oid *rettype,	/* return value */
-				bool *retset,	/* return value */
-				Oid **true_typeids);
 static Oid **gen_cross_product(InhPaths *arginh, int nargs);
 static void make_arguments(ParseState *pstate,
 			   int nargs,
@@ -1097,10 +1089,10 @@ func_select_candidate(int nargs,
  *	 c) if the answer is more than one, attempt to resolve the conflict
  *	 d) if the answer is zero, try the next array from vector #1
  */
-static bool
+bool
 func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 				int nargs,
-				Oid *oid_array,
+				Oid *argtypes,
 				Oid *funcid,	/* return value */
 				Oid *rettype,	/* return value */
 				bool *retset,	/* return value */
@@ -1112,13 +1104,13 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 	ftup = SearchSysCacheTuple(PROCNAME,
 							   PointerGetDatum(funcname),
 							   Int32GetDatum(nargs),
-							   PointerGetDatum(oid_array),
+							   PointerGetDatum(argtypes),
 							   0);
 
 	if (HeapTupleIsValid(ftup))
 	{
 		/* given argument types are the right ones */
-		*true_typeids = oid_array;
+		*true_typeids = argtypes;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -1138,11 +1130,11 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 			Oid		   *current_input_typeids;
 
 			/*
-			 * First we will search with the given oid_array, then with
+			 * First we will search with the given argtypes, then with
 			 * variants based on replacing complex types with their
 			 * inheritance ancestors.  Stop as soon as any match is found.
 			 */
-			current_input_typeids = oid_array;
+			current_input_typeids = argtypes;
 
 			do
 			{
@@ -1200,7 +1192,7 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 				 * vectors.
 				 */
 				if (input_typeid_vector == NULL)
-					input_typeid_vector = argtype_inherit(nargs, oid_array);
+					input_typeid_vector = argtype_inherit(nargs, argtypes);
 
 				current_input_typeids = *input_typeid_vector++;
 			}
@@ -1243,7 +1235,7 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
  *		catalogs.
  */
 static Oid **
-argtype_inherit(int nargs, Oid *oid_array)
+argtype_inherit(int nargs, Oid *argtypes)
 {
 	Oid			relid;
 	int			i;
@@ -1253,8 +1245,8 @@ argtype_inherit(int nargs, Oid *oid_array)
 	{
 		if (i < nargs)
 		{
-			arginh[i].self = oid_array[i];
-			if ((relid = typeidTypeRelid(oid_array[i])) != InvalidOid)
+			arginh[i].self = argtypes[i];
+			if ((relid = typeidTypeRelid(argtypes[i])) != InvalidOid)
 				arginh[i].nsupers = find_inheritors(relid, &(arginh[i].supervec));
 			else
 			{
@@ -1467,16 +1459,6 @@ typeInheritsFrom(Oid subclassTypeId, Oid superclassTypeId)
 /* make_arguments()
  * Given the number and types of arguments to a function, and the
  *	actual arguments and argument types, do the necessary typecasting.
- *
- * There are two ways an input typeid can differ from a function typeid:
- *	1) the input type inherits the function type, so no typecasting required
- *	2) the input type can be typecast into the function type
- * Right now, we only typecast unknowns, and that is all we check for.
- *
- * func_get_detail() now can find coercions for function arguments which
- *	will make this function executable. So, we need to recover these
- *	results here too.
- * - thomas 1998-03-25
  */
 static void
 make_arguments(ParseState *pstate,
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_func.h b/src/include/parser/parse_func.h
index 79b193a2b5117e63d1456c07ba45b099a9df4dd1..be96652cfb21810e4a89ff3b6d6f9261922dc39d 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_func.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_func.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: parse_func.h,v 1.25 2000/08/08 15:42:59 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: parse_func.h,v 1.26 2000/08/20 00:44:17 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ extern Node *ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate,
 				  bool agg_star, bool agg_distinct,
 				  int *curr_resno, int precedence);
 
+extern bool func_get_detail(char *funcname, int nargs, Oid *argtypes,
+							Oid *funcid, Oid *rettype,
+							bool *retset, Oid **true_typeids);
+
 extern bool typeInheritsFrom(Oid subclassTypeId, Oid superclassTypeId);
 
 extern void func_error(char *caller, char *funcname,