I moved from postgres 7.0.2 to 8.0.1, in the 7.0.2 version I process the next query, and it succeed:
select ichar(letra_ascii) || '-' || substr('00000' ||num_factura,length (num_factura)+1,5) as factura from facturas but in 8.0.1 it outputs the next error: ERROR: not exist the function ichar(integer) HINT: any function match with the arguments types. Add explicit cast of types ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend