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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml index 2ef9a797898..ea56f66857b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml,v 1.27 2008/07/11 07:02:43 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml,v 1.28 2008/07/12 16:20:06 tgl Exp $ --> <refentry id="SQL-CREATECAST"> <refmeta> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ SELECT CAST ( 2 AS numeric ) + 4.0; the same name as a data type, returned that data type, and took one argument of a different type was automatically a cast function. This convention has been abandoned in face of the introduction of - schemas and to be able to represent binary compatible casts in the + schemas and to be able to represent binary-coercible casts in the system catalogs. The built-in cast functions still follow this naming scheme, but they have to be shown as casts in the system catalog <structname>pg_cast</> as well. @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ SELECT CAST ( 2 AS numeric ) + 4.0; exactly match any existing function, but <replaceable>name</> is the name of a data type and <structname>pg_cast</> provides a binary-coercible cast to this type from the type of <replaceable>x</>, then the call will be - construed as a binary-compatible cast. This exception is made so that + construed as a binary-coercible cast. This exception is made so that binary-coercible casts can be invoked using functional syntax, even though they lack any function. Likewise, if there is no <structname>pg_cast</> entry but the cast would be to or from a string |