From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ryan Bradetich <rbradetich(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: [Review] Tests citext casts by David Wheeler. |
Date: | 2008-09-12 18:35:42 |
Message-ID: | 3C2A6DD6-169D-4A65-A9C2-E12A669D13A9@kineticode.com |
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On Sep 12, 2008, at 11:31, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>> Oh, and text_name seems to give me this error:
>
>> ERROR: compressed data is corrupt
>
>> That's when I have this cast:
>
>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION citext(name)
>> RETURNS citext
>> AS 'text_name'
>> LANGUAGE internal IMMUTABLE STRICT;
>
> I think you've got the direction backwards.
Oh. Duh.
> BTW, I removed the "Limitations" entry about I/O casting not working
> with citext; we fixed that, no?
Yes, we did. Thanks for the catch.
I've got another patch I'm working on adding support for "char" (and
tests for char). Just to fill out a gap I saw in the casting coverage.
I'm trying to get it done now. With that, AFAIK, citext will work just
like text.
Best,
David
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