UPDATE queries on distributed/reference table with volatile functions error out
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Description
Citus version: 10.0
Customer reported issue.
**Steps to repro:**
CREATE TABLE reference_key (id int, s text);
SELECT create_reference_table('reference_key');
citus=> UPDATE reference_key SET s=PGP_SYM_ENCRYPT('123', 'sai_test') where id=1;
ERROR: functions used in UPDATE queries on distributed tables must not be VOLATILE
CREATE TABLE distributed_key (id int, s text);
select create_distributed_table('distributed_key','id');
citus=> UPDATE distributed_key SET s=PGP_SYM_ENCRYPT('123', 'sai_test');
ERROR: functions used in UPDATE queries on distributed tables must not be VOLATILE
citus=> UPDATE distributed_key SET s=PGP_SYM_ENCRYPT('123', 'sai_test') where id=1;
ERROR: functions used in UPDATE queries on distributed tables must not be VOLATILE
**Workaround** Use a CTE to materialize the results of the volatile function on the coordinator.
```
WITH key AS (SELECT PGP_SYM_ENCRYPT('123', 'sai_test')k)
UPDATE distributed_key SET s=key.k from key;
UPDATE 0
```
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