The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3116 Logged by: Greg Sabino Mullane Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.1.8 Operating system: Linux Description: attribute has wrong type Details:
Reproduced on 8.2.3, 8.1.8, and CVS HEAD: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION gregtest(int) RETURNS varchar LANGUAGE sql AS $$ SELECT 'abc'::text; $$; -- Works: SELECT gregtest(123); -- Does not: SELECT boom FROM ( SELECT 123, gregtest(123) AS boom) AS tmp; ERROR: attribute 2 has wrong type DETAIL: TABLE has type text, but query expects character varying. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster