Re: How do I... - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How do I...
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Msg-id 2608.986165472@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: How do I...  (Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com>)
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Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> writes:
> Oh, and if I try and cast them both to varchar, the thing freaks out:

>     waypoint=> select b.id, a.icao,a.faa_host_id from dafif_arpt a, waypoint b
>     where b.id::varchar = a.icao::varchar;
>     pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
>             This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
>             before or while processing the request.

What in the world...!?

What version are you running?  What is the full schema for both tables?
("pg_dump -s -t tablename dbname" is the best way to get the complete
schema info.)

            regards, tom lane

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