Re: BUG #13587: Lag Default option does not work with floats and reals - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #13587: Lag Default option does not work with floats and reals
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Msg-id 21060.1440539233@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #13587: Lag Default option does not work with floats and reals  (rmcgehee@gmail.com)
Responses Re: BUG #13587: Lag Default option does not work with floats and reals  (Robert McGehee <rmcgehee@gmail.com>)
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rmcgehee@gmail.com writes:
> The lag() window function is documented to accept a default argument.
> However, if lag is applied to either a float or a real (and possibly other
> types as well), adding a default gives an error.

The default argument has to be the same type as the value argument;
in your failing example, it is not.  Perhaps the documentation could be
more explicit about that.

            regards, tom lane

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