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Re: Inconsistent Errors on Row Comparisons


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: Inconsistent Errors on Row Comparisons
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:28:09 -0400
  • Message-id: <20321.1246382889@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>

"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> This is what I see. This query:

>      VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4) EXCEPT VALUES (1, 'foo'), (3, 'bar');

> Throws 42804 DATATYPE MISMATCH.

Yeah ...

> Meanwhile, this query:

>      VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4) EXCEPT VALUES (1), (3);

> Throws 42601 SYNTAX ERROR.

Not for me:

regression=# VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4) EXCEPT VALUES (1), (3);
ERROR:  each EXCEPT query must have the same number of columns

			regards, tom lane



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