Re: no implicit cast error in 9.2?

AI Rumman <rummandba(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I got a bit confused after installing this version. So far I used to know
> that from Postgresql 8.3 implicit casting has been removed and the
> following should not work at 8.3 :
> create table testtab ( id varchar, id1 int)
> insert into testtab values (1,1);

No, that will work fine in any version, because you're calling upon an
assignment cast not an implicit cast. What once worked and no longer
does is cases like

SELECT length(1);

where the integer argument used to be implicitly cast to text.

regards, tom lane