Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal for resolving casting issues
Date: 2002-09-20 02:02:47
Message-ID: GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOEEFICEAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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Will the new casting stuff address this kind of annoyance?

usa=# select average(octet_length(val)) from users_sessions;
ERROR: Function 'average(int4)' does not exist
Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument
types
You may need to add explicit typecasts

Chris

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