Re: chr(3) and 3::text

From: gmail Vladimir Koković <vladimir(dot)kokovic(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ken Benson <Ken(at)infowerks(dot)com>
Subject: Re: chr(3) and 3::text
Date: 2020-03-28 15:09:47
Message-ID: d9d33c64-2288-736a-78a8-15921255501b@gmail.com
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David,

Sorry for copy/paste error:replace(Filler,3::text,'') WRONG !

Character 0x03 is valid in ASCII and UTF-8 character sets.

Main question is, why is 3::text == '3' ?

On 28.3.20. 16:04, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 6:21 AM gmail Vladimir Koković
> <vladimir(dot)kokovic(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:vladimir(dot)kokovic(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
>
> replace(Filler,chr(3),'') WORKS
>
> replace(Filler3::text,'') WRONG
>
> "Wrong" is not a helpful term unless you describe what you are
> expecting and how the result you got is different.  In particular just
> reading what you've typed the "wrong" one fails because you forgot the
> comma between "Fillter" and "3::text".  But I suspect you had a
> different unsaid expectation here.
>
> In the future you should consider writing self-contained expressions,
> ideally ones that don't use physical tables if the problem permits.
>
> David J.
>

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