--- Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Emil Rachovsky wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I am trying to overload the "coalesce" function to > > accept an integer and a string. Here it is : > > > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "coalesce"(a int4, b > > "varchar") > > RETURNS "varchar" AS > ... > > I have added it to pg_catalog, but still I cant't > use > > it, I get an error on the second parameter > > What is the error? The error is : invalid input syntax for integer That is,it expects an integer as a second parameter, since the first is an integer. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com