Re: Cast in PG 8.3

check the typo -- "ilike"

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Jaime Casanova
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:19 AM
To: Franklin Haut
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Cast in PG 8.3

On Feb 5, 2008 2:22 PM, Franklin Haut <franklin.haut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I´m testing the new version of PostgreSQL in windows plataform but i
> have a problem.
>
>
> In PG 8.2
>
> Create Table temp (id int4);
> insert into temp values (1215);
> insert into temp values (1216);
> insert into temp values (1217);
> insert into temp values (1218);
> insert into temp values (1219);
> insert into temp values (1220);
> insert into temp values (1221);
> insert into temp values (1222);
> SELECT * FROM TEMP WHERE id ilike ('%122%');
>
> return ok, 3 rows (1220, 1221 and 1222)
>
>
>
> In PG 8.3
>
> Create Table temp (id integer);
> insert into temp values (1215);
> insert into temp values (1216);
> insert into temp values (1217);
> insert into temp values (1218);
> insert into temp values (1219);
> insert into temp values (1220);
> insert into temp values (1221);
> insert into temp values (1222);
> SELECT * FROM TEMP WHERE id ilike ('%122%');
>
> Error:
> operator does not exist: integer ~~* unknown at character 31
> HINT:  No operator matches the given name and argument type(s).
> You might need to add explicit type casts.
>

did you read the release notes?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-3.html
"""
Non-character data types are no longer automatically cast to TEXT (Peter, Tom) """

--
regards,
Jaime Casanova

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