Re: SELECT CAST(123 AS char) -> 1

Tom Lane wrote:

> Hm, good point, so really we ought to have a separate casting path for
> numeric types to char(n). However, this section still doesn't offer
> any support for the OP's desire to auto-size the result; it says
> that you get an error if the result doesn't fit in the declared
> length:
>
>> iv) Otherwise, an exception condition is raised: data exception-
>> string data, right truncation.
>

I don't believe the size is being declared in the OP's (subject line)
example: SELECT CAST(123 AS char)