Is this a TODO item? Seems so. Comments?
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Mark Jeacocke" <mbj@ezytools.com> writes:
> > select DISTINCT TABLEID, '' AS ALIAS from TABLE; :FAILS
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> We get this type of complaint regularly. Perhaps DISTINCT should
> resolve unknown-type inputs to "text", much as we do with CASE
> and UNION constructs when we see an untyped literal. Thoughts?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> PS: in the meantime, Mark, try casting the literal to text.
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