Inserting Integers will using plpgsql...

I figured it out but it's not pretty.

    EXECUTE ''INSERT INTO journal (j_date,casenmbr,peopnmbr,evntnmbr,''
      ||''j_descr,j_rate,j_quant,j_status) VALUES (''
      ||quote_literal(jdate)
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(text(casenmbr))
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(text(peopnmbr))
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(text(param))
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(erec.ev_title)
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(text(erec.ev_rate))
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(text(erec.ev_amount))
      ||'',''
      ||quote_literal(jstatus)
      ||'')'';