CAST truncates without warning

[Mike G <mike@thegodshalls.com>]

Hello,

If a column, data type text, with 22 characters of data, is then CAST(column_name as varchar(20)) shouldn't a warning or error be generated?

If the source is a variable defined as text instead of directly from a table, using plpsql, would that matter?

Mike




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