Ivan,
what's wrong with:
postgres=# select 'abc:1'::tsvector;
tsvector
----------
'abc':1
postgres=# select setweight('abc:1'::tsvector,'a');
setweight
-----------
'abc':1A
or just use to_tsvector() instead of casting?
Oleg
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> If I convert a string to a tsvector just casting (::tsvector) I
> obtain a vector without positions.
> tsvectors without positions don't have weights too.
>
> I haven't found a way to turn a vector without weight/pos, into a
> vector with weight/pos.
>
> Is there a way to apply weight/add positions to tsvectors without
> positions?
> Is there any use-case?
>
>
Regards,
Oleg
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