Re: Array string casts with SELECT but not SELECT DISTINCT

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Ken Tanzer [via PostgreSQL] <
ml-node+s1045698n5838896h0(at)n5(dot)nabble(dot)com> wrote:

> I tried that and it does indeed work. (With, of course, the appropriate
> permissions to create the cast.)
>
> So this makes me wonder--is there any downside or unwelcome side effects
> to having such a cast? And if not, why isn't it part of the default setup?
>
>
​By and large implicit casts work great if you code everything without
error. When they become a problem is when you make mistakes and because of
implicit casting instead of getting an error you get bogus results.

David J.
​

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