ERROR: failed to find conversion function from unknown to integer[]

["Rodrigo De León" <rdeleonp@xxxxxxxxx>]

t=# select version();
                        version
--------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 8.3beta3, compiled by Visual C++ build 1400
(1 row)

t=# -- foo is of type unknown
t=# select '{1,2,3}' as foo;
   foo
---------
 {1,2,3}
(1 row)

t=# -- OK. foo is of type int[]
t=# select ('{1,2,3}')::int[] as foo;
   foo
---------
 {1,2,3}
(1 row)

t=# -- OK. foo is of type unknown
t=# select (('{1,2,3}'::text)::unknown) as foo;
   foo
---------
 {1,2,3}
(1 row)

t=# -- Barfs. Why?
t=# select (('{1,2,3}'::text)::unknown)::int[] as foo;
ERROR:  failed to find conversion function from unknown to integer[]

Thanks for your time.

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