Re: Inconsistent casts

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Inconsistent casts
Date: 2002-09-13 23:22:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0209131914450.14440-100000@cm-lcon1-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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Peter Eisentraut dijo:

> Since almost every cast to "text" is implicit, then I believe so should
>
> inet -> text
> macaddr -> text
> int4 -> varchar
> int8 -> varchar
>
> which are currently not.

Also, some casts seem to be missing; numeric -> text, for example.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
"La naturaleza, tan fragil, tan expuesta a la muerte... y tan viva"

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