Hi Fabio,
thanks for your reply.
I think we are trough with this thread. In general - yes the solution is padding. But I do this to the index rather to some extra field, I can not do with an extra field since the field itself is subject to change. OTOH the index is on a CA, so the function will be reachable while the curtsor is alive. So the index is fine.
Lutz
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