| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: implement CAST(expr AS type FORMAT 'template') |
| Date: | 2026-07-02 20:24:32 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYwv4QjdkCk_B3iLpP7i8ODv=VXYQFOeTgb+C-fyR-POQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> wrote
> I don't really understand the purpose of this feature to begin with.
> You can already call the formatting functions directly. Does this cast
> syntax offer anything on top of that?
Standards compliance, maybe? I don't know what else there could be.
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Robert Haas
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