Re: [PoC] XMLCast (SQL/XML X025)

Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br>

From: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br>
To: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
Date: 2025-11-28T12:04:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Em sex., 28 de nov. de 2025 às 07:48, Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>
escreveu:

> rebased


+        <para>
+          It supports casting between <type>xml</type> and character,
numeric, date/time, and boolean data types.
+        </para>

Did you forget the interval and bytea types here ?
Why are saying character instead of text ? I found it only on SGML part.
Are you planning to add casting INF/-INF for Date type too ?

regards
Marcos