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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash
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To: Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:12:52 -0500 (EST)
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> writes:
> 
> > IMPLICIT TYPECASTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED.  TEST YOUR APPLICATION!
> 
> I think you have to say that without using the technical gobbledygook
> "implicit casts".
> 
> Something like: 
> 
> Non-strings are no longer converted automatically to strings when used in
> places where strings are expected. You must now explicitly cast non-strings to
> strings if you want to apply string operations on them.

I think you need to show actual examples of problem queries.

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