Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D97237BA29; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:07:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87885-04; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:06:57 -0400 (AST) Received: from oxford.xeocode.com (unknown [87.127.95.196]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6560137B9F7; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:07:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost.enta.net ([127.0.0.1] helo=oxford.xeocode.com) by oxford.xeocode.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IrkEy-0003Ft-7b; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:06:56 +0000 To: Andrew Sullivan Cc: Josh Berkus , pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Avoiding upgrade backlash In-Reply-To: <20071113001323.GA5255@crankycanuck.ca> (Andrew Sullivan's message of "Mon\, 12 Nov 2007 19\:13\:23 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Draft-From: ("nnimap+mail01.enterprisedb.com:INBOX.advocacy" 1385) References: <200711121442.31233.josh@agliodbs.com> <20071113001323.GA5255@crankycanuck.ca> From: Gregory Stark Organization: EnterpriseDB Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:06:55 +0000 Message-ID: <87r6ivq7gw.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/59 X-Sequence-Number: 12876 "Andrew Sullivan" 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. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's RemoteDBA services!