Re: Unable to compare _bpchar for similarity in WHERE-clause (MINOR A NNOYANCE)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Nicolai@ISYS.DK
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-12-14T16:06:54Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Nicolai@ISYS.DK writes:
> When I try to write an UPDATE where I include a WHERE-clause like:
> [WHERE something='{"a","b","c"}], where something is a character[], i get
> the errormessage:[Unable to identify an operator = for types '_bpchar and
> 'unknown' You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast]
> The above statement works for text[].

Hmm.  Looks like there is a pg_operator entry for text[] = text[],
but none for bpchar[] = bpchar[].  This is an oversight, nothing more.
Feel free to add such an entry --- it can point to the same array-equals
function as the one for text[].

It's too late to fix this in the standard catalogs for 7.2, but I'll
make a note for 7.3.

			regards, tom lane