Cedar Cox writes:

> When would one want to use cast()?  What is the difference between cast
> and :: ?  After a quick look in the documentation I couldn't find
> anything..

cast() is SQL, :: is traditional Postgres.  :: may go away in the distant
future to make room for the SQL feature that is supposed to use ::.  (It
escapes me at the moment what that was.)

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Peter Eisentraut      [EMAIL PROTECTED]       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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