Dieses psql-Session-Snippet sollte selbsterklärend sein:

psql (9.1.7)
Type "help" for help.
=> CREATE TABLE languages(language VARCHAR NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE
=> INSERT INTO languages VALUES ('english'),('french'),('turkish');
INSERT 0 3
=> SELECT language, to_tsvector('english', 'hello world') FROM languages;
 language|     to_tsvector     
---------+---------------------
 english | 'hello':1 'world':2
 french  | 'hello':1 'world':2
 turkish | 'hello':1 'world':2
(3 rows)

=> SELECT language, to_tsvector(language, 'hello world') FROM languages;
ERROR:  function to_tsvector(character varying, unknown) does not exist
LINE 1: select language, to_tsvector(language, 'hello world')...
                         ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types.  
You might need to add explicit type casts.

Das Problem ist, dass Postgres funktioniertto_tsvector mag nichtvarchar Feldtyp, aber dieser Aufruf sollte vollkommen korrekt seingemäß der Dokumentation?