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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Rumpi Gravenstein <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL <[email protected]>
Subject: PostgreSQL Bug with simple function unexpectedly treating varchar parameter as an array
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 13:43:22 -0700
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On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Rumpi Gravenstein <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> xxx_pub_dev_2_db=# drop FUNCTION if exists _sa_setup_role;
> DROP FUNCTION
> xxx_pub_dev_2_db=# select proname, pronamespace, oid from pg_proc where
> proname like '%sa_setup%';
> proname | pronamespace | oid
> ---------+--------------+-----
> (0 rows)
>
> xxx_pub_dev_2_db=# select _sa_setup_role('af_repo_app');
> ERROR:  malformed array literal: "af_repo_app"
> LINE 1: select _sa_setup_role('af_repo_app');
>                               ^
> DETAIL:  Array value must start with "{" or dimension information.
> xxx_pub_dev_2_db=#
>

Yeah, we’ve already pretty much decided this function has nothing to do
with it.  Go look at pg_type per the last example demonstrating the same
error without the involvement of any user-defined function.

David J.


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