Re: Array string casts with SELECT but not SELECT DISTINCT

From: David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Array string casts with SELECT but not SELECT DISTINCT
Date: 2015-02-21 03:19:34
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 7:31 PM, sridhar bamandlapally [via PostgreSQL] <
ml-node+s1045698n5838807h41(at)n5(dot)nabble(dot)com> wrote:

> >>>ERROR: column "my_array" is of type character varying[] but expression
> is of type text
>
> please try this below, may be this should help
>
> CREATE CAST (text AS varchar) WITH INOUT AS IMPLICIT;
>
> just for info:
> actually this should be available in default
>
>
​What is the point of doing this? Did you do this and then run the OP's
query and see if it solved the problem? Do you understand the "type[]"
means "array version of type"?

David J.​

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