Re: BUG #3661: Missing equality comparator: string = integer

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> This does not function any more under PG 8.3-beta1:
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> select '5'::varchar = 5;
> ERROR:  operator does not exist: character varying = integer
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> select '5'::char = 5;
> ERROR:  operator does not exist: character = integer

you cannot compare any character type and numeric type. If you wont to
do, you have to cast to text or use function to_char or to_numeric.

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> Note that this still works:
> select '5' = 5;
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It is integer = integer. Value in apostrophes doesn't mean 100% char
or varchar in Postgres. Pg detects unknown type (in apostrophes)
accordance with know type (integer)

try:
postgres=# select '5.0'=5;
ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: "5a"

postgres=# select '5.0'=5;
ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: "5.0"
postgres=# select '5.0'=5.0;
 ?column?
----------
 t
(1 row)

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