Re: Adding column in a recursive query

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Ibrahim Shaame <ishaame(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding column in a recursive query
Date: 2026-03-30 12:16:15
Message-ID: acppj9U8zquc2O7z@depesz.com
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 01:20:14PM +0300, Ibrahim Shaame wrote:
> I have a working recursive query. I want to add another column, but it
> gives me an error:
> ERROR: operator does not exist: integer = text
> LINE 21: WHERE e.nasaba_1 = x_1.namba
> ^
> HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument types. You might
> need to add explicit type casts.
> Any suggestion of where I am doing it wrong?

You can't compare text and integer.

Does 'abc' equal 0 ?
What about '01' and 1 ?

Cast one side to the type of the other. Or, better yet, normalize
datatypes in tables, so that you don't have to compare across types.

Best regards,

depesz

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