The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1608
Logged by:          Paul
Email address:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.0.2
Operating system:   Gentoo and Fedora Core 3
Description:        integer negative limit in plpgsql function arguments
Details: 

The script below best sums up the problem (and the work around).  The
question is: should I use that for all integers being put into a function?

8<--------------------------------------------

create table test (
        test_id integer
);

insert into test (test_id) values (-2147483648);

create function print_test_id (integer) returns integer
        AS '
DECLARE
        tmp ALIAS FOR $1;
        val integer;
BEGIN
        select into val test_id from test where test_id = tmp;
        return val;
END;
'
        LANGUAGE plpgsql;

-- this doesn't work (and I think it should!)
SELECT print_test_id(-2147483648);

-- this is the workaround
SELECT print_test_id((-2147483648)::int);

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