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=?UTF-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Lorion?= <sl@thestrangefactory.com> writes:
> That's interesting .. Does PostgreSQL always use the NUMERIC data type for
> constants in absence of cast ?

If they're not integers, yes, that's the initial assumption.

			regards, tom lane


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