Re: tsearch2 text::TSVECTOR cast not working for me on Pg 8.1.6 - Mailing list pgsql-general

"James Reynolds" <jamex@taraketh.net> writes:
> I want to convert a TEXT string that I am mangling to TSVECTOR with a cast.
> I am using Postgresql 8.1.6 and tsearch2.

> According to the documentation this should work although I am getting an
> ERROR.
> tsearch2 reference  on www.sai.msu.su says that
> text::TSVECTOR RETURNS TSVECTOR

Seems to be a documentation mistake, since there's no CREATE CAST
anywhere in the tsearch.sql file (either in 8.1 or later versions).

I think you want to use to_tsvector().

            regards, tom lane