Improve typecasting in mathesar #3560
Labels
needs: backend approval
The backend team might not agree on whether this makes sense for the codebase
type: enhancement
New feature or request
work: db-layer
Related to SQL or PL/pgSQL
Problem:
mathesar_types
namespace (469 to be exact!!!) we still haven't fully covered all typecasts supported by postgres for the types that mathesar currently supports.Potential solution:
A complelling example:
Type aliases are confusing:
Are we okay with using type names mentioned in pg_type rather than their synonyms in the backend?
(referenced from : https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html)
Getting info about existing typecasting functions provided by postgres:
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