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From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOEEFICEAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Will the new casting stuff address this kind of annoyance?

usa=# select average(octet_length(val)) from users_sessions;
ERROR:  Function 'average(int4)' does not exist       Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument
types       You may need to add explicit typecasts

Chris

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