Re: CAST truncates without warning

Mike G <mike@thegodshalls.com> writes:
> If a column, data type text, with 22 characters of data, is then CAST(column_name as varchar(20)) shouldn't a warning
orerror be generated? 

No.  This is per SQL spec.

You will get a warning if you assign the value to a varchar(20) table
column *without* any explicit cast.  This is also per SQL spec.

            regards, tom lane