Re: [GENERAL] Difference between CAST(v AS t) and v::t - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Lele Gaifax
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Difference between CAST(v AS t) and v::t
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Msg-id 87mv3sgchr.fsf@metapensiero.it
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In response to [GENERAL] Difference between CAST(v AS t) and v::t  (Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it>)
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Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> ... but expression-index syntax has the restriction that you need
> parentheses around an expression unless it is, or at least looks like,
> a function call.  CAST() looks enough like a function call for this
> purpose, v::t does not.
>
> I think there is relevant documentation for this near CREATE INDEX;
> it doesn't seem like the province of the typecast docs to explain
> the weirdnesses of index syntax.

Thank you Tom, I really missed the explanation in CREATE INDEX doc entry!

ciao, lele.
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