Re: [HACKERS] ERROR: failed to find conversion function from "unknown" to text

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Gurjeet Singh" <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, "PGSQL General" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PGSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] ERROR: failed to find conversion function from "unknown" to text
Date: 2009-01-06 13:01:39
Message-ID: 7588.1231246899@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Gurjeet Singh" <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> create cast (unknown as text) with function unknown2text( unknown ) as
> implicit;

This is a horrendously bad idea; it will bite your *ss sooner or later,
probably sooner.

regards, tom lane

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