Re: Followup from yesterday's PL/pgSQL fun...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Followup from yesterday's PL/pgSQL fun...
Date: 2003-05-14 17:08:23
Message-ID: 25363.1052932103@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> writes:
>> Actually, I think you can do it with CREATE CAST.

> The issue (for me) was decoding the function name(s).

I find the 7.3 OID-alias types very helpful for this sort of thing:

regression=# select castsource::regtype, casttarget::regtype, castfunc::regprocedure, castcontext from pg_cast limit 1;
castsource | casttarget | castfunc | castcontext
------------+------------+--------------+-------------
bigint | smallint | int2(bigint) | a
(1 row)

> I wish there was a \ command to display pg_cast...

There is (\dC). But it's not very bright --- I don't think you can
limit the rows displayed at all.

regards, tom lane

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