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Commit d53f7cf1 authored by Noah Misch's avatar Noah Misch
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Document effect of constant folding on CASE.

Back-patch to all supported versions.

Laurenz Albe
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...@@ -10563,6 +10563,16 @@ SELECT a, ...@@ -10563,6 +10563,16 @@ SELECT a,
SELECT ... WHERE CASE WHEN x <> 0 THEN y/x > 1.5 ELSE false END; SELECT ... WHERE CASE WHEN x <> 0 THEN y/x > 1.5 ELSE false END;
</programlisting> </programlisting>
</para> </para>
<note>
<para>
As described in <xref linkend="xfunc-volatility">, functions and
operators marked <literal>IMMUTABLE</literal> can be evaluated when
the query is planned rather than when it is executed. This means
that constant parts of a subexpression that is not evaluated during
query execution might still be evaluated during query planning.
</para>
</note>
</sect2> </sect2>
   
<sect2 id="functions-coalesce-nvl-ifnull"> <sect2 id="functions-coalesce-nvl-ifnull">
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