Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash
Date: 2007-11-13 04:12:52
Message-ID: 200711130412.lAD4CqT16853@momjian.us
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> writes:
>
> > IMPLICIT TYPECASTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED. TEST YOUR APPLICATION!
>
> I think you have to say that without using the technical gobbledygook
> "implicit casts".
>
> Something like:
>
> Non-strings are no longer converted automatically to strings when used in
> places where strings are expected. You must now explicitly cast non-strings to
> strings if you want to apply string operations on them.

I think you need to show actual examples of problem queries.

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