Well, you don't give us a lot to go on. What are the "quirky errors" that you get, for starters?

I'm also forced to wonder how sure you are that the datatypes are correct. I say this because of the examples you give. "13" works but "t" doesn't. "now()" works but "text" doesn't... Those examples seem to suggest a datatype issue even if it isn't one.

-sauoq
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