Is this a TODO item? Seems so. Comments?
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Mark Jeacocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > select DISTINCT TABLEID, '' AS ALIAS from TABLE; :FAILS
>
> We get this type of complaint regularly. Perhaps
"Mark Jeacocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> select DISTINCT TABLEID, '' AS ALIAS from TABLE; :FAILS
We get this type of complaint regularly. Perhaps DISTINCT should
resolve unknown-type inputs to "text", much as we do with CASE
and UNION constructs when we see an untyped literal. Thoughts?