Fabien COELHO wrote: > > Dear Bruce, > > > I am not sure this is of general enough usefulness to be in the backend. > > Hmm... > > I think that the inability to convert nearly binary compatible standard > types one to the other is a postgresql issue. Even if it is not often > useful, the point is completeness and soundness of the type provided by > the core. More over I haven't found any work around with decode/encode and > other casts functions. Bytea is somehow an isolated type, which makes it > not so useful from within the database. > > > Can you add it as a pgfoundry project? > > I could do it, but ISTM it is really overkill for two stupid 10 lines > functions that deal with internal core types.
OK, can I get some feedback from others about this patch? -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
