From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> |
Cc: | AI Rumman <rummandba(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: no implicit cast error in 9.2? |
Date: | 2013-02-09 00:02:04 |
Message-ID: | 511591FC.1070507@gmail.com |
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On 02/08/2013 01:50 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 02/08/2013 12:23 PM, AI Rumman wrote:
>
>>> 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);
>>>
>>> Where it was good to work at 8.1
>>>
>>> http://osdir.com/ml/pgsql-general/2011-02/msg00055.html
>>>
>>> I also faced the problem earlier.
>>>
>>> But in 9.2 it is working perfectly.
>>> Am I missing any release notes?
>>>
>>> Please share your opinion. It will be appreciated.
>>
>> As I remember implicit casting was not entirely removed and the
>> text <--> int combination was kept.
>
> I think it has more to do with retaining (or adding back, I don't
> recall) *assignment* casts which aren't supported as *implicit*
> casts.
Ah, so that is the reason. A distinction I missed:(
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com
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