Re: interesting difference for queries...

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mario Weilguni <mario(dot)weilguni(at)icomedias(dot)com>, Postgresql Mailinglist <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: interesting difference for queries...
Date: 2002-12-04 17:55:18
Message-ID: 1039024518.35854.66.camel@jester
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On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 12:22, Tom Lane wrote:
> Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca> writes:
> >> cms=# CREATE TABLE foo(bar int);
> >> CREATE
> >> cms=# SELECT * from foo where bar=1.7;
>
> > This is a numeric to integer coercion, which rounds
>
> No, it's an integer to numeric promotion (the var is promoted, not the
> constant). Obviously the '=' can never return true in this case.

Ahh, sorry. I see I changed the query slightly when doing the verbose
explain.

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Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>

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