From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Sandro Santilli <strk(at)keybit(dot)net> |
Cc: | aperi2007(at)gmail(dot)com, PostGIS Development Discussion <postgis-devel(at)postgis(dot)refractions(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: CASE w/out ELSE hides typmod (was: How define a view that use a case operator for geometry field) |
Date: | 2011-10-28 21:00:25 |
Message-ID: | 29850.1319835625@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Sandro Santilli <strk(at)keybit(dot)net> writes:
> The same happens with any type, can be reproduced with something like this:
> =# CREATE VIEW test1 AS SELECT
> CASE WHEN random() < 0.5 THEN 1::numeric(10, 0)
> END;
> =# \d test1
> View "test.test1"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------+-----------
> case | numeric |
> =# CREATE VIEW test2 AS SELECT
> CASE WHEN random() < 0.5 THEN 1::numeric(10, 0)
> ELSE 0::numeric(10, 0)
> END;
> =# \d test2
> View "test.test2"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> --------+---------------+-----------
> case | numeric(10,0) |
> Maybe someone on pgsql-hackers can tell us more about this.
IIRC, the result of a CASE is only considered to have a defined typmod
if all arms of the CASE ... including ELSE ... have the identical
typmod.
regards, tom lane
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