Re: SQL standards in Mysql

Ken Johanson <pg-user@kensystem.com> writes:
> Here's one Mysql developer's response to adding (fixing) the 
> integer/bigint/tinyint types to their CAST function:

> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=34562

Hmm ... while I'm certainly not someone to defend mysql on a regular
basis, I can see their point of view here.  They are supporting a
limited (and clearly documented) subset of the SQL spec in this area,
so it's surely a feature request rather than a bug that they don't
support more.  The disagreement seems to come down to what the priority
of the feature addition ought to be.  We have a few sore spots of our
own on questions like this one, so I'm disinclined to throw the first
stone ...
        regards, tom lane