In response to Juan Pablo Cook : > Hi Everybody! > I'm asking you, because recently I have some problems with the LIKE so I test > with an easy and simple query but doesn't work: > > SELECT * > FROM employee > WHERE id like 'h%'; > > The error says: > "ERROR: operator does not exist: integer ~~ unknown > > LINE 5: WHERE id like 'h%'; > > ^ > > HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need > to add explicit type casts. You can't compare a INT with a TEXT: test=*# select '1'::int4 like '1'::text; ERROR: operator does not exist: integer ~~ text LINE 1: select '1'::int4 like '1'::text; ^ HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts. But you can CAST the INT into a TEXT: test=# select '1'::int4::text like '1%'::text; ?column? ---------- t (1 row) Okay? But in your case,you have an INT-column (id) and you compare that with 'h%'. You can CAST the id-column, but all INT::TEXT don't match 'h%'. -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general