Hi Dave, On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 6:34 PM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 at 13:56, Pravesh Sharma < > pravesh.sha...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > >> Hi Hackers, >> >> We have been working on issue #8007 >> <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8007>. After our >> analysis, we found that the length and scale of the argument's data type >> are not stored in the database server, making it difficult to fetch. In the >> debugger, pgAdmin typecasts the provided value to its data type when >> calling the function, which is causing the issue. >> >> If we typecast the value to a character without specifying the length, it >> is treated as a character (1) (character of length 1). For example, the >> output of SELECT 'pgadmin', 'pgadmin'::character; is different. >> >> There are two solutions we can consider: >> >> 1. Do not typecast if the data type is character. >> 2. Typecast to varchar when the data type is character. >> >> Please provide your suggestions which solution looks good to you. >> > > Why not include the length in the cast? We know what the input string is, > so can't we just do the equivalent of: > > 'pgadmin'::character(7); > Just to confirm, this will be only for the character data type? > -- > Dave Page > pgAdmin: https://www.pgadmin.org > PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org > EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com > >
