Thomas Hallgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would have thought that casting into the > string types was something that could be hardwired since the backing > functions are mandatory.
This has been proposed before, and seems reasonable to me (as long as the casts are explicit-only), and I think it's listed in TODO; but nobody's gotten around to it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster