Corin Hartland-Swann wrote:
> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE char_field = '96' AND int_field = 1;
>
> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE char_field = 96 AND int_field = 1;
>
> Is it the expected behaviour for the second query to perform a numerical
> equivalence test on every row in the table in turn? It is returning rows
> with values like '096', '96foo' and the like.
MySQL does automatic type conversion when different types compared or
assigned. As much I know String->Numeric is preferred there.
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