Re: DOMAINs and CASTs

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-05-14T22:13:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Jaime Casanova <jaime@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> If i create a DOMAIN an then want to create a CAST from that domain to
> another type it gives an error.

Yes.  See previous discussions about that, e.g. these threads:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-05/msg00072.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00695.php

It's *not* trivial to fix, at least not in a way that gives desirable
behavior for more than the simplest cases.

			regards, tom lane