That one surprised me as well. Thanks
lm -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:00 PM To: Larry McGhaw Cc: Brian Hurt; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Selecting a constant question Larry McGhaw wrote: > For constant '123'::varchar(3) libpq returns the following: > Pqfsize returns -1 > Pqfmod returns -1 > > That one certainly looks odd. cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match