[Fwd: [TESTERS] Numerics of diffrent scales Raises Type Mismatch Error in a Set Returning Function]

All,

I tested Noel's test case and verified that it does, in fact, break.
And functions on 8.4.

--Josh Berkus

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [TESTERS] Numerics of diffrent scales Raises Type Mismatch
Error in a Set Returning Function
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 20:07:07 -0800
From: Noel Proffitt <noelp(at)calpacs(dot)org>
To: pgsql-testers(at)postgresql(dot)org

[TEST REPORT]

[Release]: 9.0 Alpha 4

[Test Type]: feature

[Test]: NUMERICS OF DIFFERENT SCALE UNABLE TO CAST TO RESULTS IN SET
RETURNING FUNCTION

[Platform]: Linux RHEL/Fedora

[Parameters]:

[Failure]: Yes

[Results]: ERROR: wrong record type supplied in RETURN NEXT
DETAIL: Returned type numeric does not match expected type
numeric(14,2) in column 1.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "check_numeric" line 5 at RETURN NEXT

-- Test case

CREATE TABLE a_table ( val NUMERIC );
INSERT INTO a_table VALUES (42);

CREATE TABLE b_table ( val NUMERIC(14,2) );

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_numeric() RETURNS SETOF b_table AS
$$
DECLARE
myrec RECORD;
BEGIN
SELECT * INTO myrec FROM a_table;
RETURN NEXT myrec;
RETURN;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' IMMUTABLE;
SELECT * FROM check_numeric();

[Comments]: Works in Pg 8.3 and 8.4. Didn't see a change in the release
notes notifying of the behavior change.

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