Cedar Cox writes:
> When would one want to use cast()? What is the difference between cast
> and :: ? After a quick look in the documentation I couldn't find
> anything..
cast() is SQL, :: is traditional Postgres. :: may go away in the distant
future to make room for the SQL feature that is supposed to use ::. (It
escapes me at the moment what that was.)
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