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scratching my head on this. There's a similar question that might be related at "function does not exist," but I really think it does and PostgreSQL function does not exist but the answer(s) does not seem very obvious. PostgreSQL 9.5.

I have an Npgsql-based membership query that looks like this:

using (var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(ConnectionString))
{
    conn.Open();
    using (var comm = new NpgsqlCommand("get_user_by_username", conn))
    {
        comm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        comm.Parameters.Add("_user_name", NpgsqlDbType.Varchar, 250).Value = username;
        comm.Parameters.Add("_application_name", NpgsqlDbType.Varchar, 250).Value = _ApplicationName;
        comm.Parameters.Add("_online", NpgsqlDbType.Boolean).Value = userIsOnline;
        using (var reader = comm.ExecuteReader())
        {
            return GetUsersFromReader(reader).OfType<MembershipUser>().FirstOrDefault();
        }
    }
}

This function exists in my postgresql db as:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.get_user_by_username(
    _user_name character varying,
    _application_name character varying,
    _online boolean)
  RETURNS SETOF user_record AS
$BODY$begin

if _online then
    return query
    update users
    set
        last_activity = current_timestamp
    where
        lower(application_name) = lower(_application_name)
        and lower(user_name) = lower(_user_name)
    returning
        user_id,
        user_name,
        last_activity,
        created,
        email,
        approved,
        last_lockout,
        last_login,
        last_password_changed,
        password_question,
        comment;
else
    return query
    select
        user_id,
        user_name,
        last_activity,
        created,
        email,
        approved,
        last_lockout,
        last_login,
        last_password_changed,
        password_question,
        comment
    from
        users
    where
        lower(application_name) = lower(_application_name)
        and lower(user_name) = lower(_user_name);
        end if;

end;

$BODY$
  LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
  COST 100
  ROWS 1000;
ALTER FUNCTION public.get_user_by_username(character varying, character varying, boolean)
  OWNER TO (configured db login);

I've checked, double-checked, and triple-checked the connection string... it's pointed to this db, with the proper login. The function executes fine from a pgAdmin window.

my connection string resembles this:

Server=localhost;Port=5432;Database=mysecuritydb;User Id=(configured db login);Password=(my password);Pooling=true;ConvertInfinityDateTime=true;

...with these credentials, I can see the function:

Yet, when I am using this as a referenced library in my asp.net project, I get the following message:

Server Error in '/' Application.

42883: function get_user_by_username(_user_name => character varying, _application_name => character varying, online => boolean) does not exist

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: Npgsql.PostgresException: 42883: function get_user_by_username(_user_name => character varying, _application_name => character varying, online => boolean) does not exist

Source Error: 

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 


[PostgresException (0x80004005): 42883: function get_user_by_username(_user_name => character varying, _application_name => character varying, online => boolean) does not exist]

I've used this library for a while, but this is the first time I've seen this message. Is there something I'm missing?

Answers

So @JGH caught the fact that the signature variable names in the error message are slightly different in the library than in the posted code... which shouldn't have happened, but I pulled down the source code, compiled it as a dependency project, and everything worked fine. So, the pre-compiled library has a problem, and I can work around it.

Thanks for the help!