From: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: cast bytea to/from bit strings |
Date: | 2006-05-06 06:57:33 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.63.0605060840170.5320@gondor.cri.ensmp.fr |
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Dear Bruce,
> I am not sure this is of general enough usefulness to be in the backend.
Hmm...
I think that the inability to convert nearly binary compatible standard
types one to the other is a postgresql issue. Even if it is not often
useful, the point is completeness and soundness of the type provided by
the core. More over I haven't found any work around with decode/encode and
other casts functions. Bytea is somehow an isolated type, which makes it
not so useful from within the database.
> Can you add it as a pgfoundry project?
I could do it, but ISTM it is really overkill for two stupid 10 lines
functions that deal with internal core types.
--
Fabien.
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