Defining PostgreSQL Casts

The following properties are applicable to a PostgreSQL Cast object.

Tab	Section	Property	Description	Additional Information
		Name	Specifies the name of the cast
		Generate	Specifies whether a SQL statement for the cast is generated during forward engineering
General	Casts Options	Source Data Type	Specifies the source data type of the cast
		Target Data Type	Specifies the target data type of the cast
		Cast Type	Specifies the type of the cast	With Function: Indicates to perform conversion between two data types. Without Function: Indicates that the source type is binary-coercible to the target type without needing a function to handle the cast. With Inout: Indicates that the cast is an I/O conversion cast. This is handled by calling the output function of the source data type and passing the resulting string to the input function of the target data type.
		Function	Specifies the name of the function used to perform the cast
		Invoke Type	Specifies the type of invoke	As Assignment: Indicates that the cast can be automatically applied in assignment contexts. As Implicit: Indicates that the cast can be automatically applied in any context.

1. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.
2. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
3. (Optional) Click the Notes tab to view and edit user notes.
4. (Optional) Click the Extended Notes tab to view or edit user notes.
5. Click Close.

The cast is defined, and the PostgreSQL Cast Editor closes.

For more information, refer to the PostgreSQL documentation.