Re: Implicit CAST is not working in Postgresql 8.4 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thom Brown
Subject Re: Implicit CAST is not working in Postgresql 8.4
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Msg-id AANLkTinEw950EZOG458+cu-sqm_A2WC3Wn3iRvT4QwkV@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Implicit CAST is not working in Postgresql 8.4  (AI Rumman <rummandba@gmail.com>)
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On 28 September 2010 07:37, AI Rumman <rummandba@gmail.com> wrote:
> I migrated data from Postgresql 8.1 to  Postgresql 8.4 using pg_dump.
> But now I found that, most of the queries in my applicaiton are being
> failed. Invesitigating the problem, I found that no function is available in
> the DB to CAST INT to TEXT etc.
> Most of the queries are failed because implicit cast is not working
> properly.
> Any idea how to solve it.

As of 8.3 non-text types don't automatically cast to text.  You'll
need to use a cast.

So:

WHERE my_int_col = my_text_col

becomes

WHERE my_int_col::text = my_text_col

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