Re: Re: Use int8 for int4/int2 aggregate accumulators?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: Use int8 for int4/int2 aggregate accumulators?
Date: 2001-08-14 14:57:52
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0108141656560.677-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> I started working on this, and immediately got a pile of regression test
> failures arising from:
>
> create function rtest_viewfunc1(int4) returns int4 as
> 'select count(*) from rtest_view2 where a = $1'
> language 'sql';
> + ERROR: return type mismatch in function: declared to return integer, returns bigint

Maybe instead of testing for strict equality of the types, test for
compatibility.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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