# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-01-29 17:54:03 -0600:
> MySQL is the *only* db engine that lets you get away with [bleep] like
> apostrophes around numbers.

Actually, these are examples of valid SQL: INTEGER '1', FLOAT '13.5'.

test=# select version();
                                             version                            
                 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on amd64-portbld-freebsd6.1, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.4 
[FreeBSD] 20050518
(1 row)

test=# select '13.5' * '30';
ERROR:  operator is not unique: "unknown" * "unknown"
test=# select float '13.5' * integer '10';
 ?column? 
----------
      135
(1 row)

test=# create table t (f float, i integer);
CREATE TABLE
test=# insert into t values ('13.5', '10');
INSERT 0 1
test=# select * from t;
  f   | i  
------+----
 13.5 | 10
(1 row)

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