koji api "createEmptyBuild"  arguments problems:

[zhongwenjia@build ~]$ koji call createEmptyBuild nvidia 1 1.3 ""
Fault: <Fault 1: "<class 'pg.DatabaseError'>: error 'ERROR:  operator does not exist: text = integer\nLINE 2:     WHERE pkg_id=9168 AND version=1 AND release='1.3'\n                                         ^\nHINT:  No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.\n' in 'SELECT id,state,task_id FROM build\n    WHERE pkg_id=9168 AND version=1 AND release='1.3'\n    FOR UPDATE'">

[zhongwenjia@build ~]$ koji call createEmptyBuild nvidia 1.1 1.3 ""
Fault: <Fault 1: '<class \'pg.DatabaseError\'>: error \'ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: ""\nLINE 4:     VALUES (18338,9169,\'1.1\',\'1.3\',\'\',\n                                           ^\n\' in \'\n    INSERT INTO build (id,pkg_id,version,release,epoch,state,\n            task_id,owner,completion_time)\n    VALUES (18338,9169,\'1.1\',\'1.3\',\'\',\n            1,NULL,1,\'NOW\')\n    \''>

[zhongwenjia@build ~]$ koji call createEmptyBuild nvidia 1.1 1.3 2
18339

[zhongwenjia@build ~]$ koji call createEmptyBuild nvidia 1.1 1.3
Fault: <Fault 1: "<type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: createEmptyBuild() takes at least 5 arguments (4 given)">

if version is a number , not string , how to do it ?
what is epoch argument ? Default is NULL. How to give a NULL value ?

koji-hub-1.3.2-1.fc13.noarch

Thanks