Marthin Laubscher <postg...@lobeshare.co.za> writes: > I confess to some uncertainty whether the PostgreSQL specific x::y notation > and the standards based CAST(x AS y) would both be addressed by creating a > cast.
Those notations are precisely equivalent, modulo concerns about
operator precedence (ie, if x isn't a single token you might have
to parenthesize x to get (x)::y to mean the same as CAST(x AS y)).
regards, tom lane
