Re: Function quote_literal broken in CATALOG_VERSION_NO 200707251

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jignesh K(dot) Shah" <J(dot)K(dot)Shah(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function quote_literal broken in CATALOG_VERSION_NO 200707251
Date: 2007-08-21 03:37:11
Message-ID: 20224.1187667431@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jignesh K. Shah" <J(dot)K(dot)Shah(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> # select quote_literal(1);
> 2007-08-20 18:50:17 PDT ERROR: function quote_literal(integer) does not
> exist at character 8

quote_literal(integer) never existed in any previous release, either.

What you are seeing is a side effect of the removal of implicit casts to
text. IMHO rejecting this query is a good thing.

regards, tom lane

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