On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 12:21 -0600, Bill Thoen wrote: > I'm having some difficulty getting plpgsql to recognize a function with > a couple of OUT parameters. I'm either declaring the function > incorrectly, making the call to it in the wrong way or my program is > simply possessed by evil spirits. I'm using Postgres 8.1.5. First, 8.1.x is EOL as of November. You need to upgrade. > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION main() RETURNS VOID AS $$ > DECLARE > str1 text; > str2 text; > num integer := 0; > fnum real := 0.0; > BEGIN > str1 := 'One fish, two fish'; > str2 := 'Shark fish, No fish'; > SELECT fishy( str1, str2, num, fnum) ; > /* ERROR MESSAGE > > psql:ex_out_fail.sql:28: ERROR: function fishy(text, text, integer, > real) does not exist > HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may > need to add explicit type casts. > CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT fishy( $1 , $2 , $3 , $4 )" > PL/pgSQL function "main" line 9 at SQL statement > You are passing four IN paramaters. The out paramaters are used in return are they not? Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general