Re: Client-requested cast mode to emulate Pg8.2 on v8.3

Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> writes:
> I say they are worrying because Moodle code has many ocurrences of
>    /* bla.id is an INT8 */
>    SELECT x,y,z FROM bla WHERE id='1';
> And we also often quote INT values for inserts/updates, I am not sure if
> this is supported either.

This is not a problem.  Read up on unknown-type literals --- that
behavior isn't changing.  The cases that we are tightening up on
involve values that are of *known* non-string data types being used
in situations where logically only a string should appear.

            regards, tom lane