Re: Pgsql error in coalesce

From: Chamath Sajeewa <csgsajeewa(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Pgsql error in coalesce
Date: 2020-07-27 17:43:55
Message-ID: CACpofejpGi=FTD0pfrZ4VPhLdL+Gb9Kdher87ko_7BWwc=e-Lg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi all,
Yes i am checking the wrong table. Really sorry about the
inconvenience caused.
Thank you all for enlightening me on this.

On Mon, 27 Jul 2020, 23:12 Alvaro Herrera, <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On 2020-Jul-27, Chamath Sajeewa wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > There is table with int4 column. When select query is executed as "select
> > coalesce(column_name, 255), query is failing with below error.
> > "COALESCE types text and integer cannot be mached".
>
> I'd bet you're not querying the table you think you're querying ...
> What does "\d table" show? Also, please show the complete query, and
> SHOW search_path .
>
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> Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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