> > No, it does not match what I'm seeing. To check, I dropped my test
> > table and function, exited psql, started psql, and ran the script I
> > originally posted. I still get the same results. If I had to guess, this
> > seems more like a Postgres to plpython conversion problem than a
> > caching problem.
>
> Bingo. The conversion-method-selection code is not only broken (for
> several datatypes besides this one), but quite wrongheaded (testing on
> the name of the datatype is the wrong approach). I've applied the
> attached patch; please confirm it works for you.
Applied successfully to 7.3.3 and the bug in question is fixed for my
situation. Thanks a bunch for the quick fix!
Now to implement the workaround for the plpython trigger &
rowtype caching problem...
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Arthur Ward