contract static call method leads into missing gas error

[Atomzwieback]

As the title hints, i have the problem that i want to use a static call to pre-check if a certain contract method call transaction will be working.

Somehow as i try to do this static call the transaction throws an error that hints the following:

"Error: insufficient balance to pay for gas"

i thought that the static call wont need any gas due its not a real call.

Any tipps why this wont work?

[zemse]

If you pass an override gasPrice: 0 in your estimateGas or callStatic, it should not error. If this doesn't help, can you give an example code snippet?