Re: plpgsql: numeric assignment to an integer variable errors out

Whatever happened to this patch?

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Nikhil Sontakke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> <nikhil(dot)sontakke(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > The following plpgsql function errors out with cvs head:
> >
> > CREATE function test_assign() returns void
> > AS
> > $$ declare x int;
> > BEGIN
> > x := 9E3/2;
> > END
> > $$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> >
> > postgres=# select test_assign();
> > ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "4500.0000000000000000"
> > CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "test_assign" line 3 at assignment
> >
> > We do have an existing cast from numeric to type integer. But here
> > basically we convert the value to string in exec_cast_value before calling
> > int4in. And then use of strtol in pg_atoi leads to this complaint. Guess
> > converting the value to string is not always a good strategy.
> >
>
> PFA, patch which uses find_coercion_pathway to find a direct
> COERCION_PATH_FUNC function and uses that if it is available. Or is there a
> better approach? Seems to handle the above issue with this patch.
>
> Regards,
> Nikhils
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