Re: [HACKERS] type coerce problem with lztext

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck@debis.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-02-27T17:55:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck) writes:
>     There are functions text(lztext) and  lztext(text)  too,  but
>     the  system  is  unable  to  find an operator if one compares
>     text=lztext in a query. IIRC, creating a  function  named  as
>     the target type and taking the source type is what made auto-
>     type-conversion work - so what am I missing here?

I'll take a look.  I think the key may be teaching TypeCategory
to know that lztext is a member of the text type class.

			regards, tom lane