this is a little bit hidden information somewhere in the manual. Array types is the same the corresponding data type but prepended with an underscore '_', e.g: _int4 _date _smallint btw, you cannot pass PHP array to plpgsql function. You need to convert it to string like: {1,2,23,45} { -- start array ,, -- comma separated values } -- closing tag here is my quote function to PG: function quote($var, $type, $empty_null = TRUE) { if ( empty($var) && $empty_null ){ return 'NULL'; } if ( $type{0} == '_' ){ $type = substr($type, 1); $temp = "'{"; foreach ( $var as $item ){ $temp .= quote($item, $type).','; } $temp = substr($temp, 0, -1); return $temp ."}'"; } switch ( $type ){ case 'int': return intval($var); case 'bool': return ($var ? "'t'::bool": "'f'::bool"); case 'date': if ( is_numeric($var) ) { // echo timestamp-kent kezeli return date("'Y-m-d'", $var); } // ha ez sem, akkor sima szovegkent tovabbadja case 'text': if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $var = addslashes($var); } return '\''.$var.'\''; default: trigger_error("unknown type : $type ($value)", E_USER_ERROR); } } ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruben Vivas" <ruben.vivas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pgsql-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:18 PM Subject: [PHP] RV: calling a pl/pgsql function with array in argument | Hello, i am tryin to pass an array like argument to a pl/pgsql function but | i can not find the correct data type in te function. | | i am using php. | | ex: $dato[][] is the array using php, and i need call: | | 1. $res = fn_vea ($dato); ????? | | 2. in pl/pgsql CREATE FUNCTION fn_vea (integer [][]) RETURNS varchar (25) AS | ......... | | | does it work?? | thank you | | | ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- | TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? | | http://archives.postgresql.org