On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:58 AM, gmb <gmbouwer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm dealing with a system where string values is queried but not necessary
> type-cast.
> E.g.
> SELECT case when some_value=1 then 'some string' else 'another string' end
> FROM some_table;
> This will return a column cast as type TEXT;
>
> Is there some configuration option (or hack?) available which will return
> above as VARCHAR ?
>
> I'm using 3rd party software where a VARCHAR value displays much better
> than
> TEXT.
> I know best practice will be to type-cast , but I'm hoping for a quick-fix
> here :)
>
No, there is not.
David J.