Re: Passing typmod to cast functions (for int-to-bit casting)

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Passing typmod to cast functions (for int-to-bit casting)
Date: 2004-06-15 01:38:05
Message-ID: 40CE52FD.6010507@familyhealth.com.au
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> Now that cast functions are selected through pg_cast, this should be a
> fairly straightforward change. Does anyone have a problem with it?
> I'm not sure the functionality is actually useful for anything except
> this one issue, but arguably it's a general-purpose mechanism...

Does that help with making CREATE TABLE AS SELECT pick up varchar
lengths, etc.?

Chris

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