RE: Varying Character comparison

Rik,

Is there a user list I can send this too?

It is cast, “as barcode” in line 2, but it will not accept it when I do barcode != 2111300. I have tried adding quotes around ‘2111300’, and it has been running for 30+ minutes. Do you know if another way to cast it?

Joseph A. Ruffino
Gail Borden Public Library District
Web Programmer
270 N. Grove Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone: (847) 429-5986 Fax: (847) 608-5201
http://www.gailborden.info

From: richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 12:42 PM
To: Joseph Ruffino <jruffino(at)gailborden(dot)info>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Varying Character comparison

Joseph,

This is really an SQL question, not something specific to PostgreSQL or pgAdmin. That being said, it looks like your e.index_entry field is of type varchar (character varying) and you are trying to compare it to an int. If that is the case you will need to either cast the e.index_entry field in your queries to INT (which will fail if any aren't castable to that type, or wrap your 2111300 in quotes (ex:'2111300' ) to make it a string as opposed to an int.

I hope that helps,

rik.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:25 PM Joseph Ruffino <jruffino(at)gailborden(dot)info<mailto:jruffino(at)gailborden(dot)info>> wrote:
Hi,

I am not sure if this is how I add a question, but I cannot find anything on lists.postgesql.org<http://lists.postgesql.org>.

I am having a problem with a SQL that I am running in pgAdmin 4.27. The SQL is being used to check for duplicates in our PostgreSQL DB.

I am trying to edit out the barcode (e.index_entry) when it is equal to 2111300. When I run it with the above, I get and error:
ERROR: operator does not exist: character varying <> integer
LINE 66: and e.index_entry != 2111300 ^
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.

I have tried <> and adding single quotes around 2111300. The <> gets the same error, and the single quotes ‘’ has it run for a long time.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here is the SQL we are using with the lines I use highlighted:

SELECT
r.creation_date_gmt as created,
e.index_entry as barcode,
'p' || r.record_num || 'a' as patron_record_num,
pn.last_name || ', ' ||pn.first_name || COALESCE(' ' || NULLIF(pn.middle_name, ''), '') || ' ' || pr.birth_date_gmt as patron,
pr.ptype_code,
pr.activity_gmt,
pr.expiration_date_gmt,
pr.mblock_code as block_code,
pr.owed_amt::float8::numeric::money as owed_amt,
pr.home_library_code
-- pr.home_library_code,

FROM
sierra_view.patron_record_fullname as pn

JOIN
sierra_view.patron_record as pr
ON
pr.record_id = pn.patron_record_id

JOIN
sierra_view.record_metadata as r
ON
r.id<http://r.id> = pr.record_id

JOIN
sierra_view.phrase_entry AS e
ON
(e.record_id = r.id<http://r.id>) AND (e.index_tag = 'b') AND (e.varfield_type_code = 'b')

WHERE
pr.birth_date_gmt || pn.first_name || COALESCE(' ' || NULLIF(pn.middle_name, ''), '') || ' ' || pn.last_name
IN
(
SELECT

p.birth_date_gmt ||
n.first_name || COALESCE(' ' || NULLIF(n.middle_name, ''), '') || ' ' || n.last_name as patron_name
-- e.index_entry,
-- count(*) as matches

FROM
sierra_view.record_metadata AS r

JOIN
sierra_view.patron_record AS p
ON
p.record_id = r.id<http://r.id>

JOIN
sierra_view.patron_record_fullname AS n
ON
n.patron_record_id = r.id<http://r.id>

-- JOIN
-- sierra_view.phrase_entry AS e
-- ON
-- (e.record_id = r.id<http://r.id>) AND (e.index_tag = 'b') AND (e.varfield_type_code = 'b')

WHERE
r.record_type_code = 'p'
-- and r.creation_date_gmt >= '2017-05-01'

and p.mblock_code != 'd'
and e.index_entry != 2111300

GROUP BY
p.birth_date_gmt,
patron_name,
p.ptype_code
-- e.index_entry

HAVING
COUNT(*) > 1
)

-- and pr.mblock_code != 'd'

ORDER BY
pn.last_name || pn.first_name || pr.birth_date_gmt || COALESCE(' ' || NULLIF(pn.middle_name, ''), ''),
pr.ptype_code ASC,
pr.activity_gmt DESC

Joseph A. Ruffino
Gail Borden Public Library District
Web Programmer
270 N. Grove Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone: (847) 429-5986 Fax: (847) 608-5201
http://www.gailborden.info

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