function to_char(unknown, unknown) is not unique - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Alex Bozhenko
Subject function to_char(unknown, unknown) is not unique
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Msg-id CAC-xio+60_DUvFg9mBA8NSMYg7btBcDCT0QVACVttWr15WJ-9Q@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: function to_char(unknown, unknown) is not unique  (Bartosz Dmytrak <bdmytrak@gmail.com>)
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Hello.

When I'm trying to:
select to_char("ISDate", 'DD.MM.YYYY')::text from register."KSPT_view"
from table, containing nulls in "ISDate", i get nulls and formatted date as output.

But when I'm trying to:
select to_char(null, 'DD.MM.YYYY')::text

I get a error message:

ERROR:  function to_char(unknown, unknown) is not unique
LINE 1: select to_char(null, 'DD.MM.YYYY')::text
               ^
HINT:  Could not choose a best candidate function. You might need to add explicit type casts.

********** Error **********

ERROR: function to_char(unknown, unknown) is not unique
SQL state: 42725
Hint: Could not choose a best candidate function. You might need to add explicit type casts.
Character: 8



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