Jan-Peter Seifert wrote: > Hello, > > for dropping all functions within the current schema I use this SQL query: > > SELECT DISTINCT 'DROP FUNCTION ' || p.oid::regprocedure::text || ' CASCADE;' FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc p LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace WHERE n.nspname = current_schema(); > > It works fine on 8.3. It fails on 8.2 with the error message that conversion to text is not possible for data type regprocedure. > > I didn't see any explicit type cast in 8.3 for regprocedure -> text. Is there a way to add it in 8.2? You can do this: SELECT DISTINCT 'DROP FUNCTION ' || textin(regprocedureout(p.oid::regprocedure)) || ' CASCADE;' FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc p LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace WHERE n.nspname = current_schema(); -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
