[BUGS] Concat error in PL/pgsql

[Hans Peter Wuermli]

I don't have a bug template at hand.

Within a plpgsql function, concatenating TEXT strings from tables that allow NULL 
values return nil results. Please run the following. The result of the second select 
is nil.

Cheers, H.P.

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create table tconcattest (id char(3),str text);

insert into tconcattest values('hpw',text('Something...'));
insert into tconcattest values('wuh',text('and more of something.'));

create function fconcattest () returns text as'
 declare
        r record;
        output text;
 begin
        output := text('''');
        for r in select * from tconcattest loop
                  output := output || r.str;
        end loop;
        return output;
 end;
' language 'plpgsql';

select fconcattest();

insert into tconcattest values('abc',NULL);

select fconcattest();

update tconcattest set str='...again' where id='abc';

select fconcattest();