Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > You're not required to provide all the casts, but it's user friendly to > do so. Requiring double casts to go between two essentially compatable > types seems silly...
I believe what Greg had in mind included the idea that the parser would automatically find two-step cast pathways if there wasn't a direct path. This scares me though, as it seems like a recipe for surprising behavior. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq