On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:02 AM, David G Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > rohtodeveloper wrote >> So how to deal with this kind of situation if I want a implicit >> conversion? > > As of the out-of-support 8.3 release many of the implicit casts previously > defined have been changed to explicit casts. It is a catalog change - > obviously, since you can still define implicit casts - so if you absolutely > must have the pre-existing cast be implicit you can modify the catalog > directly. > > You may wish to describe why you think this is the solution you need - with > implicit casting there are generally more downsides that upsides.
I feel your pain. My company just last year completed a nine month effort to validate a sprawling code base for post 8.3 casts. We were orphaned on 8.1 and were very nearly forced to switch to another database. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
