TODO: Fix CREATE CAST on DOMAINs

From: Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: TODO: Fix CREATE CAST on DOMAINs
Date: 2006-09-20 13:05:30
Message-ID: 1158757530.22092.35.camel@voyager.truesoftware.net
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I would like to work on the domain casting problem. I have spent
sometime in order to understand how this whole domain handling works
when it comes to casting and I think I understand why this cannot be
fixed in isolation as Tom has described in:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-05/msg00190.php

Perhaps I am way off but I am starting to think we need to handle
domains in more organized and consistent way in order to avoid bugs like
this.

First I would like to know how PG's code looked like without the
domains. I went searching in the release notes and I found the following
regarding the domains:

7.3 : Add domain support (Rod)
7.3.3 : Fix planner's selectivity estimation functions to handle domains
properly
7.4 : Add check constraints for domains (Rod)
: Improve automatic type casting for domains (Rod, Tom)
7.4.12 : Properly check DOMAIN constraints for UNKNOWN parameters in
prepared statements (Neil)
8.0.1 : Make ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN enforce domain constraints in all
cases
8.0.7 : Properly check DOMAIN constraints for UNKNOWN parameters in
prepared statements (Neil)
8.1.4 : Properly check DOMAIN constraints for UNKNOWN parameters in
prepared statements (Neil)

I need to go back and see where and how the domains are handled in a
global sense. Then I hope I can gather enough information to be able to
submit a coherent proposal.

If you have any thoughts you would like to share about this, please let
me know.

Regards,
Gevik.

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