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From Christopher Kings-Lynne
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOCEDKCEAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re:  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >> I would love to say that this is related to change in casts, but that
> >> isn't the case.
> 
> > Sure it is.  The float=>int casts need to be made implicit, or 
> we'll have
> > tons of problems like this.
> 
> Well, yeah.  That did not seem to bother anyone last spring, when we
> were discussing tightening the implicit-casting rules.  Shall we
> abandon all that work and go back to "any available cast can be applied
> implicitly"?
> 
> My vote is "tough, time to fix your SQL code".

Wasn't the resolution back then to "wait until beta and see who complains"?

Chris



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