Re: PostgreSQL does CAST implicitely between int and a domain derived from int

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Jean-Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pour=E9?= <jm@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In Drupal database, we have two types:
> CREATE DOMAIN int_unsigned
>   AS integer
> CONSTRAINT int_unsigned_check CHECK ((VALUE >= 0));

> Why do queries cast between integer and int_unsigned?

That domain doesn't have any operators of its own.  To compare to
another value, or use an index, you have to cast it to integer which
does have operators.  It's a no-op cast, but logically necessary.

			regards, tom lane

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