RE: Pgsql error in coalesce

From: Stephen Froehlich <s(dot)froehlich(at)cablelabs(dot)com>
To: Chamath Sajeewa <csgsajeewa(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: Pgsql error in coalesce
Date: 2020-07-27 17:05:46
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What do you get with the following two type castings:

SELECT coalesce(column_name::integer, 255); ?
SELECT coalesce(column_name, ‘255’::text)::integer; ?

“integer” might actually be “smallint” if you’re only going to 255.

--Stephen

From: Chamath Sajeewa <csgsajeewa(at)gmail(dot)com>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 10:51
To: pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Pgsql error in coalesce

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".
Any idea?
Thank You!!

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