From a9aad1b8687f9919cdf7792c3a04ebc7239fe8f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:48:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document the behavior of STRICT VARIADIC functions.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 6d7eb84d8f2..41dc4365ce7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.88 2009/10/08 02:39:14 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.89 2010/02/14 00:48:12 tgl Exp $
-->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">
@@ -585,6 +585,13 @@ CREATE FUNCTION foo(int, int default 42) ...
existing calls of the function do not stop working when it is replaced.
</para>
+ <para>
+ If a function is declared <literal>STRICT</> with a <literal>VARIADIC</>
+ argument, the strictness check tests that the variadic array <emphasis>as
+ a whole</> is non-null. The function will still be called if the
+ array has non-null elements.
+ </para>
+
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="sql-createfunction-examples">
--
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