From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ALTER TABLE ( smallinto -> boolean ) ...
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:56:45 -0400
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>> No, because there's no built-in cast from smallint to bool.
> 'k, I just took a read through the "CREATE CAST" man page, and don't think
> I can use that for this,
Sure you can. Make a SQL or PLPGSQL function that does the conversion
you want and then create a cast using it.
regards, tom lane
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