Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Adriaan van Os wrote:
> > >> However, min(VARCHAROID) and max(VARCHAROID) return TEXTOID as a
> > >> result type.
> > >
> > > Yea, they are internally treated as very similar types.
> >
> > But "internally treated as very similar" is still not "same as
> > argument type". Computing requires exactness.
>
> Aside from the apparent discrepancy between the documentation and the
> actual behavior, is there an actual use case where this is a problem?
No, I don't think so, and I am reluctant to adjust the documentation to
say "or similar".
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