Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hmmm. I don't feel like it contains a clear warning, though. We need a > > statement like: > > > Some users may encounter issues upgrading due to the changes in handling > > data type casts. If you suspect that your schema or application may not > > be handling data type comparisons cleanly, you are strongly urged to test > > for casting error messages before upgrading your production server. > > When have we ever suggested that people *shouldn't* test their apps > before committing to a major version update? > > I think the whole thing has been significantly overblown. We have made > incompatible changes bigger than this one --- and, often, harder to find > let alone fix --- in almost every major release. This one you can at > least be pretty sure that you will get an error, and not a silent change > in behavior, if you fall foul of it.
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