I was surprised to discover this today. I can work around it, but it seems 
counterintuitive. If 5 can't be parsed as a smallint, I would feel better if 
'5' was not one either.

John DeSoi, Ph.D.



psql (9.2.4)
Type "help" for help.

temp=# create or replace function itest (param smallint) returns integer as $$ 
select $1 + 5; $$ language sql;
CREATE FUNCTION
temp=# select itest(5);
ERROR:  function itest(integer) does not exist
LINE 1: select itest(5);
               ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to 
add explicit type casts.
temp=# select itest('5');
 itest 
-------
    10
(1 row)

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