Re: [HACKERS] ERROR: failed to find conversion function from "unknown" to text

["Gurjeet Singh" <singh.gurjeet@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Gurjeet Singh" <singh.gurjeet@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> create cast (unknown as text) with function unknown2text( unknown ) as
> implicit;

This is a horrendously bad idea; it will bite your *ss sooner or later,
probably sooner.

                       regards, tom lane

I guessed so, but couldn't figure out exactly how! That's why I have suggested this as a temp solution until we confirmed this with someone more knowledgeable.

Can you please let us know how this would be problematic? And can you suggest a better solution?

Thanks and best regards,
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