-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.365 2007/02/19 22:51:44 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.366 2007/02/20 00:25:05 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
<literal>IS NOT NULL</literal>, respectively, except that the input
expression must be of Boolean type.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>IS OF</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>IS NOT OF</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ It is possible to check the data type of an expression using the
+ constructs
+<synopsis>
+<replaceable>expression</replaceable> IS OF (typename, ...)
+<replaceable>expression</replaceable> IS NOT OF (typename, ...)
+</synopsis>
+ They return a boolean value based on whether the expression's data
+ type is one of the listed data types.
</sect1>
<sect1 id="functions-math">
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.115 2007/02/06 09:16:07 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.116 2007/02/20 00:25:05 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="sql-syntax">
<title>SQL Syntax</title>
<row>
<entry><token>IS</token></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry><literal>IS TRUE</>, <literal>IS FALSE</>, <literal>IS UNKNOWN</>, <literal>IS NULL</></entry>
+ <entry><literal>IS TRUE</>, <literal>IS FALSE</>, <literal>IS
+ UNKNOWN</>, <literal>IS NULL</>, <literal>IS OF</></entry>
</row>
<row>