Add separate type category for bit string types, allowing mixed bit/varbit

function calls to work.

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 131d65cbcd07926993b8c6a98d4e47c80ef4c7d7..859d3547c5ef5dff672db764a1551e0b2c031fa4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *   $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.49 2000/11/16 22:30:27 tgl Exp $
+ *   $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.50 2000/11/17 19:57:47 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ TypeCategory(Oid inType)
             */
        case (ZPBITOID):
        case (VARBITOID):
-           result = STRING_TYPE;
+           result = BITSTRING_TYPE;
            break;
 
        case (OIDOID):
@@ -543,6 +543,10 @@ PreferredType(CATEGORY category, Oid type)
            result = TEXTOID;
            break;
 
+       case (BITSTRING_TYPE):
+           result = VARBITOID;
+           break;
+
        case (NUMERIC_TYPE):
            if (type == OIDOID)
                result = OIDOID;

diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
index 7dd95f5b47c75153b4d85c39c8ed622d8f1e45f1..eb35cdec7ade6ce3d390cc8890df718cfbf11fc0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: parse_coerce.h,v 1.24 2000/10/05 19:11:38 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: parse_coerce.h,v 1.25 2000/11/17 19:57:48 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef enum CATEGORY
    UNKNOWN_TYPE,
    BOOLEAN_TYPE,
    STRING_TYPE,
+   BITSTRING_TYPE,
    NUMERIC_TYPE,
    DATETIME_TYPE,
    TIMESPAN_TYPE,