On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:07:20AM +0530, Jayadevan M wrote:
> I guess so. But when I tried the same query on psql by replacing ($4) with
> a value like '20110404', the query works OK. The value of $4 is being
> passed from a java application. So does this mean I have to change the
> data type in java code?
For clarity, when you put the value '20110404' in a query, that is not
a varchar. Rather it's type is coerced to whatever is most appropriate
from the surrounding SQL.
To generate the same error you need to put '20110404'::varchar in place
of the parameter.
Have a nice day,
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