Tom Lane wrote: > "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> FWIW, I'm running into this trying to create a 'raw' domain that would >> automagically convert hex strings into actual binary data for storage in >> a bytea. > > I think you've got 0 chance of implementing that as a domain rather than > an independent type. Without or without revisions in the casting rules, > a domain has not got its own I/O functions, and never will.
This might be less of an issue if we allowed such IO functions to be written in a loadable PL rather than in C. cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq