On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 01:14:44PM -0600, Juan Casero (FL FLC) wrote:
> Here is the output of that command. I ran it in a unix shell and
> redirected the psql output to a file so I haven't touched it...
Well, here's the problem. Your definition is:
> integer | public | trx_id | character varying, smallint,
> character, date, character, character, character, date, character |
> postgres | plpgsql |
And your call is:
> > customer_service=# select
> >
> trx_id('JUANCASERO3055128218',805,'CREDIT','02/02/05','1','1','Aventura'
> > ,'02/01/05','Tom');
> > ERROR: function trx_id("unknown", integer, "unknown", "unknown",
> > "unknown", "unknown", "unknown", "unknown", "unknown") does not exist
> > HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may
> > need to add explicit type casts.
You didn't quote the second argument so PostgreSQL assumes it's an
integer whereas your definition asks for a smallint. So you either need
to quote the number like '805', or cast it like 805::smallint.
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