Sky <sky@sylvio.hu> writes: > SELECT user_id FROM person WHERE uid=$1 AND pwd=$2; > ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=$' for types 'character' and > 'integer You need spaces: SELECT user_id FROM person WHERE uid= $1 AND pwd= $2; This is fixed as of PG 7.4, IIRC. Prior to that it's a feature not a bug ;-) because we had a different definition of what an operator name could be. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)