Re: Using substr with user defined types

Thus spake Tom Lane
> darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
> > I created a type (for passwords) but I can't seem to use substr.  I
> > suppose that's because it is my own type because the errors suggest that
> > there is no substr (actually it says ltrim) function for that type.
> 
> Yup --- the system has no idea how to apply any functions to a
> user-defined type except the ones you specifically define for that type.

OK, I created a function in the C file called chkpass_rout (Raw OUTput)
which does exactly what I want.  I create a function like this.

create function chkpass_rout(opaque)   returns opaque   as '/usr/pgsql/modules/chkpass.so'   language 'c';

Here is what happens.

soccer=> select chkpass_rout('hello'::chkpass);
ERROR:  typeidTypeRelid: Invalid type - oid = 0

I tried various combinations of chkpass instead of opaque with no success.

> If you make a type-conversion function "text(yourtype) returns text"
> then the system will figure out that it should apply that function
> whenever you use your type as the argument of a function that needs
> text.  But without such a function, the system will not assume that
> it can do anything text-ish with the datatype.

OK, I'll go try this.  Thanks.

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