On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 02:03:11AM +0300, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > On Monday 10 July 2006 00:29, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 10:08:42PM +0300, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > > > They return format_type_be(INT4OID) = "integer" or > > > format_type_be(FLOAT8OID) = "double precision" > > > I need to use this in a query with the "::" cast operator. > > > > The problem being? > > Just if it is a one-to-one conversion, otherwise the same type > equality functions i use would potentially not work properly.
Well, it is a one-to-one conversion. A float8 == double precision. They are mapped together very early. Similarly for integer == int4. If you look in the pg_type table, you'll see there are no entries for "integer" or "double precision". The fancy output is mostly for compatability purposes (SQL defines these names). Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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