On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:09:11AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Ron Peterson <ron.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > How should I create a composite type value out of columns a and b in > > table tt that I can insert into table atable? > > Hm, it works for me with an explicit cast: > > INSERT INTO > atable > SELECT > ROW(a, b)::atype > FROM > tt; > > Perhaps we should allow this in an automatic or even implicit cast > context. Ah, I can certainly live with a cast. I didn't realize that creating a composite type with 'create type' also automatically created a cast. I should have at least tried that. Maybe section 8.11 (Composite Types) or the 'CREATE TYPE' section of the docs should mention this? Best. -- Ron Peterson https://www.yellowbank.com/
