Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes:
> I have discovered a simpler solution using ALTER TABLE and calling a
> conversion function:
> test=> CREATE TABLE tsvector_test(x tsvector);
> CREATE TABLE
> test=> ALTER TABLE tsvector_test ALTER COLUMN x TYPE tsvector
> test-> USING conversion_func(x);
> ALTER TABLE
> No need for a fake data type and the required index infrastructure.
I think this is basically a large-caliber foot gun. You're going to
pretend that invalid data is valid, until the user gets around to fixing
it?
regards, tom lane
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