Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash
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Msg-id 200711130412.lAD4CqT16853@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> writes:
>
> > IMPLICIT TYPECASTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED.  TEST YOUR APPLICATION!
>
> I think you have to say that without using the technical gobbledygook
> "implicit casts".
>
> Something like:
>
> Non-strings are no longer converted automatically to strings when used in
> places where strings are expected. You must now explicitly cast non-strings to
> strings if you want to apply string operations on them.

I think you need to show actual examples of problem queries.

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