Tom Lane wrote:
Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom Lane wrote:
Yes, it can cast to varchar, but that doesn't help because there are no
varchar operators ;-). To resolve the operator, it has to promote both
sides to text, and you didn't offer a cast to text.
I don't get
Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I don't understand is this. The cast from varchar to text is a
no-function one. I.e. - they are defined to be memory-represented the
same. If that is the case, one would expect them to also share the input
and ouput functions. When looking at
Tom Lane wrote:
Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have defined a datatype called varcharci, shamelessly yanking the
input, output, recv and send functions from varchar. This means (as far
as I understand things) that this type is binary compatible with varchar.
Use text, not
Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom Lane wrote:
Yes, it can cast to varchar, but that doesn't help because there are no
varchar operators ;-). To resolve the operator, it has to promote both
sides to text, and you didn't offer a cast to text.
I don't get it.
When we look to see
Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have defined a datatype called varcharci, shamelessly yanking the
input, output, recv and send functions from varchar. This means (as far
as I understand things) that this type is binary compatible with varchar.
Use text, not varchar.
Why is
