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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c index 24676404340..7933283cabc 100644 --- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c +++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.161 2008/01/11 18:39:40 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.161.2.1 2008/10/25 17:19:17 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -961,7 +961,8 @@ coerce_to_specific_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node, * 'typeids' is a nonempty list of type OIDs. Note that earlier items * in the list will be preferred if there is doubt. * 'context' is a phrase to use in the error message if we fail to select - * a usable type. + * a usable type. Pass NULL to have the routine return InvalidOid + * rather than throwing an error on failure. */ Oid select_common_type(List *typeids, const char *context) @@ -1013,6 +1014,8 @@ select_common_type(List *typeids, const char *context) /* * both types in different categories? then not much hope... */ + if (context == NULL) + return InvalidOid; ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH), |