Re: arrays and functions in plpgsql

Todd Kover <kovert(at)omniscient(dot)com> writes:
> indeed I did. Still have the same problem, though:

> create or replace function float8_jitter_add(float8[], interval)
> ...
> testdb=# select float8_jitter_add('{.1,.2,.3,1}', 5);
> ERROR: "$1" is declared CONSTANT
> CONTEXT: compile of PL/pgSQL function "float8_jitter_add" near line 12

Hmm, that's weird ... [ cut ... paste ... ]

...
CREATE FUNCTION
regression=# select float8_jitter_add('{.1,.2,.3,1}', 5);
ERROR: function float8_jitter_add("unknown", integer) does not exist
HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts.

[ think ... ] Oh. You are creating float8_jitter_add(float8[], interval)
whereas this call is going to invoke float8_jitter_add(float8[], integer)
or something compatible with that. You're seeing a syntax error in a
different, pre-existing function with a similar name.

FWIW, 8.0 has a number of improvements in error reporting that will
hopefully make this sort of problem more transparent.

regards, tom lane