Re: Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command
Date: 2002-07-16 18:07:05
Message-ID: 18953.1026842825@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Command syntax is
> CREATE CAST (source AS target) WITH FUNCTION name(arg) [AS ASSIGNMENT]
> in compliance with SQL99 (AS ASSIGNMENT means implicitly invokable).
> Declaration of binary compatible casts:
> CREATE CAST (source AS target) WITHOUT FUNCTION [AS ASSIGNMENT]

So the idea is to remove proimplicit again? We could still do that
before 7.3, since no user depends on it yet. Are you intending a new
system catalog to hold casts?

regards, tom lane

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