> Also, somebody correct me if I'm off my rocker here, but immutable > procedures are re-evaluated for each execution...they are just folded > into a constant during plan phase. You would need to actually create an immutable function in order to test how immutable functions work ;-) And apparently you can only do that on functions that return a value. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice