Re: pgsql: Coerce 'unknown' type parameters to the right type in the

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: pgsql-committers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-08-18T13:57:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
heikki@postgresql.org (Heikki Linnakangas) writes:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Coerce 'unknown' type parameters to the right type in the fixed-params
> parse_analyze() function. That case occurs e.g with PL/pgSQL
> EXECUTE ... USING 'stringconstant'.

> The coercion with a CoerceViaIO node. The result is similar to the coercion
> via input function performed for unknown constants in coerce_type(),
> except that this happens at runtime.

Unfortunately, this entirely fails to enforce the rule that an unknown
Param be coerced the same way everywhere.  You'd need a cleanup pass as
well, cf check_variable_parameters().

			regards, tom lane