Re: Weird "could not determine which collation to use for string comparison" with LEAST/GREATEST on PG11 procedure

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Voillequin, Jean-Marc" <Jean-Marc(dot)Voillequin(at)moodys(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Weird "could not determine which collation to use for string comparison" with LEAST/GREATEST on PG11 procedure
Date: 2018-11-21 18:19:20
Message-ID: 12249.1542824360@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Voillequin, Jean-Marc" <Jean-Marc(dot)Voillequin(at)moodys(dot)com> writes:
> SIMPLE=> create or replace procedure same_values_proc(a text, b text) as $body$
> SIMPLE$> begin
> SIMPLE$> assert a = b;
> SIMPLE$> end;$body$ language plpgsql;
> CREATE PROCEDURE
> SIMPLE=>
> SIMPLE=> call same_values_proc(least('a','b'),'a');
> ERROR: could not determine which collation to use for string comparison
> HINT: Use the COLLATE clause to set the collation explicitly.

Yeah, same here. I think somebody forgot to run assign_expr_collations()
on CALL arguments.

regards, tom lane

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