Diferences between functions criated in pg 8.0.4 and criated in pg 7.4.8

Hi :

I criated some function in my pg 8.0.4, they function as spected.

But when i try tu criate this functions in my hosting that has pg 7.4.8, i
can not do.
I read documentation an i see some disferences.

This is one of original function that i try to criate :

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION LEFT( sTexto CHARACTER VARYING, nPosFin INTEGER )
RETURNS "varchar" AS $$

BEGIN
IF sTexto IS NULL OR nPosFin IS NULL OR nPosFin <= 0 THEN
RETURN '';
ELSE
RETURN SUBSTR( sTexto, 1, nPosFin );
END IF;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql
CALLED ON NULL INPUT
SECURITY INVOKER;

Left is not part of postgresql functions. I am migrating a system does runs
in mysql to postgresql.
To make easy i create some mysql functions in pg/plsql.

How i need change, to get this function runing in pg 7.4.8 ?

Thanks in advnace.

Alejandro Michelin Salomon
Porto Alegre
Brasil

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