E.J. Moloney wrote:
> I am running the following query
>
> update tempportfwdconnectiona set srcid=interface.objectid from
> interface where tempportfwdconnectiona.hostid=interface.host and
> tempportfwdconnectiona.spantreeport=interface.stpport
>
> For application reasons the spantreeport in one table is a text field
> and an integer in the other.
>
> I am getting a cast error when I run this query which did work 8.2x, I
> can't make both fields the same type is there any work around any body
> can suggest.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/release-8-3.html#AEN85822
Try using an explicit cast, like CAST(spantreeport AS text) OR
CAST(spantreeport AS integer) .
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Craig Ringer
