Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Aside from the apparent discrepancy between the documentation and the >> actual behavior, is there an actual use case where this is a problem?
> No, I don't think so, and I am reluctant to adjust the documentation to > say "or similar". The documentation is correct as it stands: max(text) returns text. Adriaan's complaint about max(varchar) is off base because there is no such function. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend