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Re: BUG #5028: CASE returns ELSE value always when type is "char" - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5028: CASE returns ELSE value always when type is "char"
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Msg-id 20689.1251829020@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #5028: CASE returns ELSE value always when type is "char"  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
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Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> So the type of what is in the ELSE clause determines the type of the output?

If all the other branches are unknown literals, yes.

            regards, tom lane

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