Re: Implicit coercions need to be reined in

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Implicit coercions need to be reined in
Date: 2001-11-22 13:23:36
Message-ID: 46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA41EB42A@m0114.s-mxs.net
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> Thus, for example, int4 to float8 seems like an okay implicit
coercion,
> but not int4 to text.

int4 to text is imho one of the most important implicit coercions of
all.
Still, a field to mark an implicit coercion function is probably a good
thing.

Imho a numeric to text implicit coercion would also be great :-)

I come from a db where all coercions are possible implicitly,
this has not been a problem as long as there is a way to overrule.

Andreas

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