Kevin Grittner escribió:
> >>> Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
>  
> > consider
> > 
> > alvherre=# select 0.42 + 1;
> >  ?column? 
> > ----------
> >      1.42
> > (1 ligne)
> > 
> > However, it would be neat if this behaved the same as
> > 
> > alvherre=# select '0.42' + 1;
> > ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: "0.42"
> > STATEMENT:  select '0.42' + 1;
>  
> I wouldn't want the former to fail.

Sorry, I was unclear.  What I meant was that both 0.42 + 1 and
'0.42' + 1 should be treated the same, and they should both produce a
numeric output.

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