I'm trying to perform an SQL statement to extract usernames and crypt'd passwords from a database table, and am running into difficulties with chkpass. I can run it just fine in a straight query, but when I try to use it on a column from an SQL statement I get an error.
scamp=# SELECT CHKPASS('foo'); chkpass ---------------- :Zbcg0W4wPBNBU (1 row) scamp=# SELECT CHKPASS(Password) FROM EmailAddress; ERROR: Function chkpass(character varying) does not exist Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types You may need to add explicit typecasts scamp=# SELECT CHKPASS(Password::TEXT) FROM EmailAddress; ERROR: Function chkpass(text) does not exist Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types You may need to add explicit typecasts scamp=# SELECT CHKPASS(Password::CSTRING) FROM EmailAddress; ERROR: Cannot cast type character varying to cstring Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could accomplish the above? -- /* Michael A. Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://nachbaur.com/pgpkey.asc */ ...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match