Harald,
>
> I've found an incompatibility between PostgreSQL 8.2.4 and 8.3.0 which
> is not clearly documented. Here's a short example:
<...>
>
> (Note the different column types.)
>
Precisely -- there are a number of casts that have been removed from this release. You can find details in the release notes. A pain, to be sure, but apparently under-the-hood this helps make things saner.
You can create your own cast or modify the DDL to be sane.
HTH,
Greg Williamson
Senior DBA
GlobeXplorer LLC, a DigitalGlobe company
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