Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why do we need assignment casts from cidr, inet, bool, and xml to > text?
Because these cast conversion functions act differently from the datatype
output functions, eg
regression=# select true;
bool
------
t
(1 row)
regression=# select true::text;
text
------
true
(1 row)
regards, tom lane
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