Re: Different cast behavior of TEXT and VARCHAR

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:29:44AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> tomas(at)tuxteam(dot)de writes:
> > When PREPARing statements, the type guessing machinery seems to behave
> > differently for VARCHAR and TEXT. Is this intentional?
>
> Your example works for me, in all branches back to 8.2:
>
> regression=# create table foo(a text, b varchar);
> CREATE TABLE
> regression=# PREPARE s1 AS SELECT a, b FROM foo WHERE a = $1;
> PREPARE
> regression=# PREPARE s2 AS SELECT a, b FROM foo WHERE b = $1;
> PREPARE

Thanks!

> I wonder if you have some nondefault operators installed that are making
> the query ambiguous.

That would mean I managed to munge my template1. Yes, that'd be the most
plausible scenario :-/

Not at my machine at the moment, will check later. Thanks and sorry for
the noise.

Regards
- -- tomás
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