Cast

Defines an cast

Properties

Property	Type	Required	Description
schema	string	—	Schema.
owner	string	—	The role that owns the cast.
source_type	string	yes	Source Type.
target_type	string	yes	Target Type.
sql	string	—	User-provided raw SQL snippet.
function	string	—	The function used to perform the cast. The function name can be schema-qualified. If it is not, the function will be looked up in the schema search path. The function's result data type must match the target type of the cast. Its arguments are discussed below.
inout	boolean	—	Indicates that the cast is an I/O conversion cast, performed by invoking the output function of the source data type, and passing the resulting string to the input function of the target data type. Default: false.
assignment	boolean	—	Indicates that the cast can be invoked implicitly in assignment contexts. Default: false.
implicit	boolean	—	Indicates that the cast can be invoked implicitly in any context. Default: false.
comment	string	—	An optional comment about the table.
dependencies	dependencies	—	Database objects this object is dependent upon.

Mutually exclusive forms

Exactly one of these must hold:

• sql, without function or inout or assignment or implicit

No other properties are accepted.

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Source: schemata/cast.yml · Resolved JSON Schema: cast.json