Re: Can PostgreSQL do data type automated casting in

From: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Lewis <mark(dot)lewis(at)mir3(dot)com>, Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, Tjioe Ai Xin <xinxincute(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can PostgreSQL do data type automated casting in
Date: 2005-11-22 09:33:20
Message-ID: 4382E5E0.6080601@opencloud.com
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Dave Cramer wrote:
> The easier way to deal with this has already been discussed. Simply
> bind String to the Oid.Unknown type, and let the server deal with it.
>
> How about we make this a configuration parameter.

I was thinking about this some more and that seems like the best thing
to do for now.

Make it default to off (i.e. current 8.0/8.1 behaviour by default) and
turn it on if you specify a separate parameter or if you specify
compatible=7.4

-O

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