On 3/7/10 10:45 PM, Noel Proffitt wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 15:08 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Per pgsql-bugs, it's an expected compatibility issue due to unifying the
>> SQL and PLPGSQL parsers. That is, the fact that plpgsql used to let you
>> do this was regarded as a bug, and was not consistent with the SQL
>> command line.
>>
>> Worth noting in the release notes as part of a general class of
>> backwards-compatibility issues.
>>
>> --Josh Berkus
>>
>
> Note that this behavior change affects seems to affect other types who's
> size is different such as character varying.
>
> I'm probably not understanding, but I'm not sure I follow what the
> consistency issue is. It seems like in most other parts of PG, types are
> cast sensibly without complaint.
Please take this up on pgsql-hackers.
--Josh Berkus