Re: cannot cast type boolean to text?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: cannot cast type boolean to text?
Date: 2007-06-14 18:38:45
Message-ID: 16941.1181846325@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com> writes:
> SELECT true :: text;
> ERROR: cannot cast type boolean to text

> I was wondering why this is so.

Because there's no pg_cast entry for this conversion.

There will be one in 8.3, but for older releases make your own with
CREATE CAST.

regards, tom lane

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