Re: Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command
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Msg-id 18953.1026842825@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Spec on pg_cast table/CREATE CAST command  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Command syntax is
>   CREATE CAST (source AS target) WITH FUNCTION name(arg) [AS ASSIGNMENT]
> in compliance with SQL99 (AS ASSIGNMENT means implicitly invokable).
> Declaration of binary compatible casts:
>   CREATE CAST (source AS target) WITHOUT FUNCTION [AS ASSIGNMENT]

So the idea is to remove proimplicit again?  We could still do that
before 7.3, since no user depends on it yet.  Are you intending a new
system catalog to hold casts?
        regards, tom lane


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