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

Been a while since I've dropped a function :)

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos wrote:

> 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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