Re: sequences what does ::text mean ?

From: Josh Jore <josh(at)lavendergreens(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sequences what does ::text mean ?
Date: 2002-07-03 17:53:18
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.44.0207031251590.15912-100000@kitten.greentechnologist.org
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Ah so. Thanks for the clarification.

Joshua b. Jore ; http://www.greentechnologist.org

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Actually, either form will produce the exact same run-time behavior:
> a literal constant of type TEXT is fed to the function nextval(text),
> which returns an int4 (or an int8 on 7.2 and later).
> regards, tom lane

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