Re: Parameter types are inferred from context of first use only.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:14:48AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/sql-prepare.html
> Description:
> 
> Background can be found on the bugs list (pgsql-bug #15289). It was
> explained that when a prepared statement parameter needs to have its type
> inferred then, should the parameter be used more than once, only the first
> use is considered. (The example in that report is that the type of $1 can be
> inferred from "($1 = col) or ($1 is null)" but not from "($1 is null) or ($1
> = col)".)
> 
> The documentation as it stands says only that the parameter's type is
> inferred from the context in which it is used. The "first use only" proviso
> is not mentioned (hence "context" isn't so broad as to consist of all of the
> expressions in which the parameter appears).

I have developed the attached patch to cover what you found.

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