Re: Function problem -- how do I drop this function?

you have to name all the args as well:

DROP FUNCTION CREATEUSER(varchar,varchar,varchar,car,varchar,varchar,boolean);

should work.

cheers,
thalis


On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Alex Knight wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> DROP FUNCTION CREATEUSER;   should suffice I believe.
>
> -Knight
>
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
> > I have created the following procedure (using phpPgAdmin -- which is very
> > buggy).  When I try to drop it using 'drop function CreateUser();', I am
> > told it does not exist.  If I try using 'drop function
> > CreateUser(varchar(12), varchar(12), varchar(30), char(1), varchar(30),
> > varchar(30), boolean)', I am told it does not exist either.  If I try it
> > from phpPgAdmin, I get this error;
> >
> > "PostgreSQL said: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "varying"
> > Your query:
> > DROP FUNCTION
> > "CreateUser"(character,varying,,character,varying,,character,varying,,charac
> > ter,,character,varying,,character,varying,,boolean)
> > ".
> >
> > So, is there no way to drop this function?
> >
> > CREATE FUNCTION CreateUser(varchar(12), varchar(12), varchar(30), char(1),
> > varchar(30), varchar(30), boolean) RETURNS int4 AS '
> > DECLARE
> >     id int4;
> >     un ALIAS FOR $1;
> >     pw ALIAS FOR $2;
> >     fn ALIAS FOR $3;
> >     mi ALIAS FOR $4;
> >     ln ALIAS FOR $5;
> >     ea ALIAS FOR $6;
> >     a  ALIAS FOR $7;
> > BEGIN
> >     SELECT id = nextval('users_id_seq');
> >     INSERT INTO users (id, username, password, firstname, middleinitial,
> > lastname, emailaddr, admin)
> >     VALUES (id, un, pw, fn, mi, ln, ea, ad);
> >     RETURN id;
> > END  ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Veldhouse
> > veldy@veldy.net
> >
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