Conversion functions must be STRICT to prevent them from getting null inputs.

src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for utils/mb/conversion_procs
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/Makefile,v 1.7 2002/09/24 20:14:58 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/Makefile,v 1.8 2003/08/08 14:31:12 tgl Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ $(SQLSCRIPT): Makefile
 		func=$$1; shift; \
 		obj=$$1; shift; \
 		echo "-- $$se --> $$de"; \
-		echo "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION $$func (INTEGER, INTEGER, CSTRING, CSTRING, INTEGER) RETURNS VOID AS '$$"libdir"/$$obj', '$$func' LANGUAGE 'c';"; \
+		echo "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION $$func (INTEGER, INTEGER, CSTRING, CSTRING, INTEGER) RETURNS VOID AS '$$"libdir"/$$obj', '$$func' LANGUAGE 'c' STRICT;"; \
 		echo "DROP CONVERSION pg_catalog.$$name;"; \
 		echo "CREATE DEFAULT CONVERSION pg_catalog.$$name FOR '$$se' TO '$$de' FROM $$func;"; \
 	done > $@