PostgreSQL 8.3 issues

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There are some issues running Adempiere on PostgreSQL 8.3 because of the more strict conversion rules, since some automatic conversions are removed. I would suggest to correct Adempiere sources where needed, but till then here are the rules that will re-enable the old conversions again:

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(integer) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(int4out($1));';
CREATE CAST (integer AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(integer) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(smallint) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(int2out($1));';
CREATE CAST (smallint AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(smallint) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(oid) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(oidout($1));';
CREATE CAST (oid AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(oid) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(date) RETURNS text STRICT STABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(date_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (date AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(date) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(double precision) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(float8out($1));';
CREATE CAST (double precision AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(double precision) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(time with time zone) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(timetz_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (time with time zone AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(time with time zone) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(time without time zone) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(time_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (time without time zone AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(time without time zone) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(timestamp with time zone) RETURNS text STRICT STABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(timestamptz_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (timestamp with time zone AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(timestamp with time zone) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(interval) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(interval_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (interval AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(interval) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(bigint) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(int8out($1));';
CREATE CAST (bigint AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(bigint) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(numeric) RETURNS text STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(numeric_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (numeric AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(numeric) AS IMPLICIT;

CREATE FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(timestamp without time zone) RETURNS text STRICT STABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS 'SELECT textin(timestamp_out($1));';
CREATE CAST (timestamp without time zone AS text) WITH FUNCTION pg_catalog.text(timestamp without time zone) AS IMPLICIT; 

I've found the code here: http://people.planetpostgresql.org/peter/index.php?/archives/18-Readding-implicit-casts-in-PostgreSQL-8.3.html and applied the patches found in the comments.