Please run the script below. It creates sample table with partial index using IMMUTABLE function. I think when table is changing - index in changing and thus function used in WHERE cluse can be run. But it is not supposed to be run on just simple SELECT from table without even condition to use this index.
--------------------------------------------------- CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.test_table ( id integer NOT NULL );
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.test_function( ) RETURNS integer LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' COST 100 IMMUTABLE PARALLEL UNSAFE AS $BODY$ DECLARE BEGIN raise notice 'test'; RETURN 1; END $BODY$; REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION public.test_function() FROM PUBLIC;
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS test_idx ON public.test_table USING btree (id) WHERE id = public.test_function();
create role test_role LOGIN PASSWORD 'test';
------------------------------------------------ set role = 'test_role'; select * from public.test_table;
we will get permission denied because while selecting somehow function public.test_function() runs.
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Muhammad Waqas
Senior Technical Support Engineer - Tech Support Center (Karachi)