Re: matching a timestamp field

Hello

2012/9/20 BACHELART PIERRE (CIS/SCC) <pierre(dot)bachelart(at)belgacom(dot)be>:
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> Why is my sql below accepted in 8.1.19 and refused in 8.4.9 ???
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you cannot use ~ operator for timestamp, it is nonsense - use '=' instead

see 8.3 release notes

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-8-3.html

A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
data from any previous release.

Observe the following incompatibilities:
E.51.2.1. General

Non-character data types are no longer automatically cast to TEXT
(Peter, Tom)

Regards

Pavel Stehule
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> ansroc=# select * from s12hwdb where record ~'2012-09-20' limit 5;
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> host | exchange | rit | board | var | lceid | pceid | mnem |
> eq | rtyp | rv | cetype | record | type | zone
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> ----------+----------+---------+----------+------+-------+-------+-------+----+------+----+----------+---------------------+------+------
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> and5032t | and5032t | 01a0301 | 21122994 | ebjb | 0000 | 000c | con3a | e
> | ef03 | b1 | plce#xfx | 2012-09-20 11:50:02 | H | a1
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> and5032t | and5032t | 01a0307 | 21406298 | aaca | 0000 | 000c | mmca | e
> | ef03 | b1 | plce#xfx | 2012-09-20 11:50:02 | H | a1
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> and5032t | and5032t | 01a0309 | 21406298 | aaca | 0000 | 000c | mmca | s
> | ef03 | b1 | plce#xfx | 2012-09-20 11:50:02 | H | a1
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> and5032t | and5032t | 01a0311 | 21407930 | aaaa | 0000 | 000c | mmcb | e
> | ef03 | b1 | plce#xfx | 2012-09-20 11:50:02 | H | a1
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> and5032t | and5032t | 01a0313 | 21407932 | abca | 0000 | 000c | mcud | e
> | ef03 | b1 | plce#xfx | 2012-09-20 11:50:02 | H | a1
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> ansroc=# select * from s12hwdb where record ~'2012-09-20' limit 5;
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> ERROR: operator does not exist: timestamp without time zone ~ unknown
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> LINE 1: select * from s12hwdb where record ~'2012-09-20' limit 5;
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> HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might
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> ansroc=#
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