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To: Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Problem about pgsql's column alias 
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Comments: In-reply-to Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com> writes:
> Shouldn't we be deprecating the use of :: in favor of the SQL-standard
> CAST()?

Deprecate it all you like ... but I have no intention of giving up a
two-keystroke notation for a ten-keystroke one ...

			regards, tom lane