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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: chard <chard@hindang.msuiit.edu.ph>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: help
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:21:40 -0500
Message-ID: <7552.984439300@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103080844360.1788-100000@hindang.msuiit.edu.ph>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103080844360.1788-100000@hindang.msuiit.edu.ph>

chard <chard@hindang.msuiit.edu.ph> writes:
> i got an error like this when i do an insert to a table, my table dont
> have bpchar type of field.
> ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and 'varchar'
>         You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
> it seems 1 field in my table has bpchar type, but if i view the table
> definition all are varchar and numeric.

I'll bet you have a foreign-key constraint between a varchar field and
a bpchar field in another table.

			regards, tom lane



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