Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, premanand <kottiprem(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB
Date: 2012-02-17 17:20:03
Message-ID: CAOR=d=0iZ+5tkfmW164w_g_MxuOORTkGoORKu1=DngMwuT+cew@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 18:19, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Have you tried casting to varchar(1000) or something like that?
>
> MySQL's CAST() doesn't accept varchar or varchar(N). It accepts char,
> which behaves like varchar.

It's a shame you can't file a mysql bug report and get a patch in a
reasonable amount of time like you can with pgsql*.

(* I've filed two bug reports and gotten patches in < 24 hours both
times with pgsql.)

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