> Since 8.3, the system provides automatic I/O conversion casts between
> the built-in string types and other types, but there's currently no way
> for a user to declare additional casts using the I/O functions. You can
> always create a simple SQL function to do that, but it seems like we
> should provide a direct interface for that. I propose the syntax:
>
> CREATE CAST (<source> AS <target>) WITH INOUT [AS IMPLICIT | AS ASSIGNMENT]
> Anyone else think this is a good idea? Thoughts on the implementation?
Agree, that task causes too often for me. Although using separate boolean column looks more preferable than special
valuefor OID.
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