From 8536c962614a55d33baa283a7901bb167a43978a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:00:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Do type conversion to match columns in UNION clauses. 
 Currently force the type to match the _first_ select in the union. Move
 oper_select_candidate() from parse_func.c to parse_oper.c. Throw error inside
 of oper_inexact() if no match for binary operators. Check more carefully that
 types can be coerced  even if there is only one candidate operator in
 oper_inexact(). Fix up error messages for more uniform look. Remove unused
 code. Fix up comments.

---
 src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c |  67 ++-
 src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c |   4 +-
 src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c   |   6 +-
 src/backend/parser/parse_func.c   | 472 +-----------------
 src/backend/parser/parse_node.c   | 137 +-----
 src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c   | 787 ++++++++++++++++--------------
 src/backend/parser/parse_target.c |  15 +-
 src/backend/parser/parse_type.c   |  26 +-
 8 files changed, 526 insertions(+), 988 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
index 06c7cdee5f2..8fb8e185587 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c,v 1.16 1998/05/21 03:53:50 scrappy Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c,v 1.17 1998/05/29 14:00:19 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@
 #include "parser/parse_oper.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_target.h"
+#include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
+
 
 static TargetEntry *
 find_targetlist_entry(ParseState *pstate,
 					  SortGroupBy *sortgroupby, List *tlist);
 static void parseFromClause(ParseState *pstate, List *frmList);
 
+
 /*
  * makeRangeTable -
  *	  make a range table with the specified relation (optional) and the
@@ -78,8 +81,7 @@ transformWhereClause(ParseState *pstate, Node *a_expr)
 
 	if (exprType(qual) != BOOLOID)
 	{
-		elog(ERROR,
-			 "where clause must return type bool, not %s",
+		elog(ERROR, "WHERE clause must return type bool, not type %s",
 			 typeidTypeName(exprType(qual)));
 	}
 	return qual;
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ find_targetlist_entry(ParseState *pstate, SortGroupBy *sortgroupby, List *tlist)
 					if (real_rtable_pos == test_rtable_pos)
 					{
 						if (target_result != NULL)
-							elog(ERROR, "Order/Group By '%s' is ambiguous", sortgroupby->name);
+							elog(ERROR, "ORDER/GROUP BY '%s' is ambiguous", sortgroupby->name);
 						else
 							target_result = target;
 					}
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ find_targetlist_entry(ParseState *pstate, SortGroupBy *sortgroupby, List *tlist)
 				else
 				{
 					if (target_result != NULL)
-						elog(ERROR, "Order/Group By '%s' is ambiguous", sortgroupby->name);
+						elog(ERROR, "ORDER/GROUP BY '%s' is ambiguous", sortgroupby->name);
 					else
 						target_result = target;
 				}
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ transformSortClause(ParseState *pstate,
 					break;
 			}
 			if (i == NIL)
-				elog(ERROR, "The field specified in the UNIQUE ON clause is not in the targetlist");
+				elog(ERROR, "All fields in the UNIQUE ON clause must appear in the target list");
 
 			foreach(s, sortlist)
 			{
@@ -392,23 +394,29 @@ transformSortClause(ParseState *pstate,
 				sortlist = lappend(sortlist, sortcl);
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return sortlist;
 }
 
-/*
- * transformUnionClause -
- *	  transform a Union clause
- *
+/* transformUnionClause()
+ * Transform a UNION clause.
+ * Note that the union clause is actually a fully-formed select structure.
+ * So, it is evaluated as a select, then the resulting target fields
+ *  are matched up to ensure correct types in the results.
+ * The select clause parsing is done recursively, so the unions are evaluated
+ *  right-to-left. One might want to look at all columns from all clauses before
+ *  trying to coerce, but unless we keep track of the call depth we won't know
+ *  when to do this because of the recursion.
+ * Let's just try matching in pairs for now (right to left) and see if it works.
+ * - thomas 1998-05-22
  */
 List *
 transformUnionClause(List *unionClause, List *targetlist)
 {
-	List	   *union_list = NIL;
+	List		  *union_list = NIL;
 	QueryTreeList *qlist;
-	int			i;
+	int			   i;
 
 	if (unionClause)
 	{
@@ -421,13 +429,36 @@ transformUnionClause(List *unionClause, List *targetlist)
 			List	   *next_target;
 			
 			if (length(targetlist) != length(qlist->qtrees[i]->targetList))
-				elog(ERROR,"Each UNION query must have the same number of columns.");
+				elog(ERROR,"Each UNION clause must have the same number of columns");
 				
 			foreach(next_target, qlist->qtrees[i]->targetList)
 			{
-				if (((TargetEntry *)lfirst(prev_target))->resdom->restype !=
-				    ((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->resdom->restype)
-				elog(ERROR,"Each UNION query must have identical target types.");
+				Oid   itype;
+				Oid   otype;
+				otype = ((TargetEntry *)lfirst(prev_target))->resdom->restype;
+				itype = ((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->resdom->restype;
+				if (itype != otype)
+				{
+					Node *expr;
+
+					expr = ((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->expr;
+					expr = coerce_target_expr(NULL, expr, itype, otype);
+					if (expr == NULL)
+					{
+						elog(ERROR,"Unable to transform %s to %s"
+							 "\n\tEach UNION clause must have compatible target types",
+							 typeidTypeName(itype),
+							 typeidTypeName(otype));
+					}
+					((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->expr = expr;
+					((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->resdom->restype = otype;
+				}
+				/* both are UNKNOWN? then evaluate as text... */
+				else if (itype == UNKNOWNOID)
+				{
+					((TargetEntry *)lfirst(next_target))->resdom->restype = TEXTOID;
+					((TargetEntry *)lfirst(prev_target))->resdom->restype = TEXTOID;
+				}
 				prev_target = lnext(prev_target);
 			}
 			union_list = lappend(union_list, qlist->qtrees[i]);
@@ -436,4 +467,4 @@ transformUnionClause(List *unionClause, List *targetlist)
 	}
 	else
 		return NIL;
-}
+} /* transformUnionClause() */
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 77c23ac5c3a..9fdbb2fcd5b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.1 1998/05/09 23:29:53 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c,v 2.2 1998/05/29 14:00:20 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ IsPreferredType(CATEGORY category, Oid type)
 
 
 /* PreferredType()
- * Assign a category to the specified OID.
+ * Return the preferred type OID for the specified category.
  */
 Oid
 PreferredType(CATEGORY category, Oid type)
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index af8424ed0c5..007983adf7e 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.28 1998/05/09 23:29:53 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.29 1998/05/29 14:00:21 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ transformExpr(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr, int precedence)
 				break;
 			}
 
-/* These nodes do _not_ come from the original parse tree,
+/* Some nodes do _not_ come from the original parse tree,
  *  but result from parser transformation in this phase.
  * At least one construct (BETWEEN/AND) puts the same nodes
  *  into two branches of the parse tree; hence, some nodes
  *  are transformed twice.
- * These cases below come from transforming function calls.
+ * The three cases below come from transforming function calls.
  * Let's try just passing them through...
  * - thomas 1998-03-14
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
index a4e34d6791b..66453634aec 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.17 1998/05/09 23:29:53 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.18 1998/05/29 14:00:21 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 				Oid *rettype,	/* return value */
 				bool *retset,	/* return value */
 				Oid **true_typeids);
-Oid *
-func_select_candidate(int nargs,
-					  Oid *input_typeids,
-					  CandidateList candidates);
 static Oid	funcid_get_rettype(Oid funcid);
 static Oid **gen_cross_product(InhPaths *arginh, int nargs);
 static void
@@ -166,7 +162,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 	{
 		first_arg = lfirst(fargs);
 		if (first_arg == NULL)
-			elog(ERROR, "function '%s' does not allow NULL input", funcname);
+			elog(ERROR, "Function '%s' does not allow NULL input", funcname);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -234,8 +230,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 					heap_close(rd);
 				}
 				else
-					elog(ERROR,
-						 "Type '%s' is not a relation type",
+					elog(ERROR, "Type '%s' is not a relation type",
 						 typeidTypeName(toid));
 				argrelid = typeidTypeRelid(toid);
 
@@ -342,8 +337,9 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 			 * cast them	- jolly
 			 */
 			if (exprType(pair) == UNKNOWNOID && !IsA(pair, Const))
-				elog(ERROR, "ParseFuncOrColumn: no function named '%s'"
-				 " that takes in an unknown type as argument #%d", funcname, nargs);
+				elog(ERROR, "There is no function '%s'"
+					 " with argument #%d of type UNKNOWN",
+					 funcname, nargs);
 			else
 				toid = exprType(pair);
 		}
@@ -385,7 +381,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 	}
 
 	if (!exists)
-		elog(ERROR, "no such attribute or function '%s'", funcname);
+		elog(ERROR, "No such attribute or function '%s'", funcname);
 
 	/* got it */
 	funcnode = makeNode(Func);
@@ -443,7 +439,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 		Assert(length(fargs) == 1);
 		seq = (Const *) lfirst(fargs);
 		if (!IsA((Node *) seq, Const))
-			elog(ERROR, "%s: only constant sequence names are acceptable", funcname);
+			elog(ERROR, "Only constant sequence names are acceptable for function '%s'", funcname);
 		seqname = lower((text *) DatumGetPointer(seq->constvalue));
 		pfree(DatumGetPointer(seq->constvalue));
 		seq->constvalue = PointerGetDatum(seqname);
@@ -458,7 +454,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, char *funcname, List *fargs,
 		pfree(seqrel);
 
 		if (funcid == F_NEXTVAL && pstate->p_in_where_clause)
-			elog(ERROR, "nextval of a sequence in WHERE disallowed");
+			elog(ERROR, "Sequence function nextval is not allowed in WHERE clauses");
 	}
 
 	expr = makeNode(Expr);
@@ -497,7 +493,7 @@ funcid_get_rettype(Oid funcid)
 									 0, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(func_tuple))
-		elog(ERROR, "function %d does not exist", funcid);
+		elog(ERROR, "Function OID %d does not exist", funcid);
 
 	funcrettype = (Oid)
 		((Form_pg_proc) GETSTRUCT(func_tuple))->prorettype;
@@ -807,423 +803,6 @@ printf("func_select_candidate- column #%d input type is %s\n",
 } /* func_select_candidate() */
 
 
-Oid *
-oper_select_candidate(int nargs,
-					  Oid *input_typeids,
-					  CandidateList candidates);
-
-#if FALSE
-/* oper_select_candidate()
- */
-Oid *
-oper_select_candidate(int nargs,
-					  Oid *input_typeids,
-					  CandidateList candidates)
-{
-	CandidateList	current_candidate;
-	Oid			   *current_typeids;
-	int				unknownOids, textOids;
-	int				i;
-
-	int				ncandidates;
-	int				nbestMatch;
-	Oid				bestTypeId;
-
-	unknownOids = TRUE;
-	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-	{
-		unknownOids &= (input_typeids[i] == UNKNOWNOID);
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: argument #%d type is %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(input_typeids[i]));
-#endif
-	}
-
-	for (current_candidate = candidates;
-		 current_candidate != NULL;
-		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-	{
-		current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-		if (unknownOids)
-		{
-			textOids = TRUE;
-			for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-			{
-				textOids &= (current_typeids[i] == TEXTOID);
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: candidate argument #%d type is %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(current_typeids[i]));
-#endif
-			}
-			if (textOids)
-				return(current_candidate->args);
-		}
-	}
-
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: no all-text operators found\n");
-#endif
-
-	/* OK, there are multiple types here; let's see if we can choose... */
-		nbestMatch = 0;
-		bestTypeId = InvalidOid;
-
-		for (current_candidate = candidates;
-			 current_candidate != NULL;
-			 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-		{
-			current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-			if (IS_HIGHEST_TYPE(input_typeids[0])
-			 && (input_typeids[0] == current_typeids[0])
-			 && IS_HIGHEST_TYPE(current_typeids[1])
-			 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[1], &current_typeids[1]))
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (1) choose (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-				return (current_candidate->args);
-			}
-			else if (IS_HIGHEST_TYPE(input_typeids[1])
-			 && (input_typeids[1] == current_typeids[1])
-			 && IS_HIGHEST_TYPE(current_typeids[0])
-			 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[0], &current_typeids[0]))
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (2) choose (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-				return (current_candidate->args);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (3) skip (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (current_candidate = candidates;
-			 current_candidate != NULL;
-			 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-		{
-			current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-			if ((input_typeids[0] == current_typeids[0])
-			 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[1], &current_typeids[1]))
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (4) choose (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-				return (current_candidate->args);
-			}
-			else if ((input_typeids[1] == current_typeids[1])
-			 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[0], &current_typeids[0]))
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (5) choose (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-				return (current_candidate->args);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate: (3) skip (%s,%s) -> (%s,%s)...\n",
- typeidTypeName(input_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(input_typeids[1]),
- typeidTypeName(current_typeids[0]), typeidTypeName(current_typeids[1]));
-#endif
-			}
-		}
-
-	return (NULL);
-#if FALSE
-	return (candidates->args);
-#endif
-} /* oper_select_candidate() */
-#endif
-
-
-/* oper_select_candidate()
- * Given the input argtype array and more than one candidate
- * for the function argtype array, attempt to resolve the conflict.
- * returns the selected argtype array if the conflict can be resolved,
- * otherwise returns NULL.
- *
- * If all input Oids are UNKNOWNOID, then try matching with TEXTOID.
- * Otherwise, could return first function arguments on list of candidates.
- * But for now, return NULL and make the user give a better hint.
- * - thomas 1998-03-17
- */
-Oid *
-oper_select_candidate(int nargs,
-					  Oid *input_typeids,
-					  CandidateList candidates)
-{
-	CandidateList	current_candidate;
-	CandidateList	last_candidate;
-	Oid			   *current_typeids;
-	int				unknownOids;
-	int				i;
-
-	int				ncandidates;
-	int				nbestMatch,
-					nmatch;
-
-	CATEGORY		slot_category,
-					current_category;
-	Oid				slot_type,
-					current_type;
-
-/*
- * Run through all candidates and keep those with the most matches
- *  on explicit types. Keep all candidates if none match.
- */
-	ncandidates = 0;
-	nbestMatch = 0;
-	last_candidate = NULL;
-	for (current_candidate = candidates;
-		 current_candidate != NULL;
-		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-	{
-		current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-		nmatch = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-		{
-			if ((input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
-			 && (current_typeids[i] == input_typeids[i]))
-			{
-				nmatch++;
-			}
-		}
-
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- candidate has %d matches\n", nmatch);
-#endif
-		if ((nmatch > nbestMatch) || (last_candidate == NULL))
-		{
-			nbestMatch = nmatch;
-			candidates = current_candidate;
-			last_candidate = current_candidate;
-			ncandidates = 1;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as best match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-		else if (nmatch == nbestMatch)
-		{
-			last_candidate->next = current_candidate;
-			last_candidate = current_candidate;
-			ncandidates++;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as possible match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			last_candidate->next = NULL;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- reject candidate as possible match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (ncandidates <= 1)
-		return ((ncandidates == 1)? candidates->args: NULL);
-
-/*
- * Now look for candidates which allow coersion and are preferred types.
- * Keep all candidates if none match.
- */
-	ncandidates = 0;
-	nbestMatch = 0;
-	last_candidate = NULL;
-	for (current_candidate = candidates;
-		 current_candidate != NULL;
-		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-	{
-		current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-		nmatch = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-		{
-			current_category = TypeCategory(current_typeids[i]);
-			if (input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
-			{
-				if (current_typeids[i] == input_typeids[i])
-				{
-					nmatch++;
-				}
-				else if (IsPreferredType(current_category, current_typeids[i])
-				 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[i], &current_typeids[i]))
-				{
-					nmatch++;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- candidate has %d matches\n", nmatch);
-#endif
-		if ((nmatch > nbestMatch) || (last_candidate == NULL))
-		{
-			nbestMatch = nmatch;
-			candidates = current_candidate;
-			last_candidate = current_candidate;
-			ncandidates = 1;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as best match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-		else if (nmatch == nbestMatch)
-		{
-			last_candidate->next = current_candidate;
-			last_candidate = current_candidate;
-			ncandidates++;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as possible match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			last_candidate->next = NULL;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- reject candidate as possible match\n");
-#endif
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (ncandidates <= 1)
-		return ((ncandidates == 1)? candidates->args: NULL);
-
-/*
- * Still too many candidates?
- * Try assigning types for the unknown columns.
- */
-	if (ncandidates > 1)
-	{
-		unknownOids = FALSE;
-		current_type = UNKNOWNOID;
-		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-		{
-			if (input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
-			{
-				current_type = input_typeids[i];
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				unknownOids = TRUE;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (unknownOids && (current_type != UNKNOWNOID))
-		{
-			for (current_candidate = candidates;
-				 current_candidate != NULL;
-				 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-			{
-				nmatch = 0;
-				for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-				{
-					current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-					if ((current_type == current_typeids[i])
-					 || IS_BINARY_COMPATIBLE(current_type, current_typeids[i]))
-						nmatch++;
-				}
-				if (nmatch == nargs)
-					return (candidates->args);
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
-		{
-			if (input_typeids[i] == UNKNOWNOID)
-			{
-				slot_category = INVALID_TYPE;
-				slot_type = InvalidOid;
-				for (current_candidate = candidates;
-					 current_candidate != NULL;
-					 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-				{
-					current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
-					current_type = current_typeids[i];
-					current_category = TypeCategory(current_typeids[i]);
-					if (slot_category == InvalidOid)
-					{
-						slot_category = current_category;
-						slot_type = current_type;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- assign column #%d first candidate slot type %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(current_type));
-#endif
-					}
-					else if (current_category != slot_category)
-					{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- multiple possible types for column #%d; unable to choose candidate\n", i);
-#endif
-						return NULL;
-					}
-					else if (current_type != slot_type)
-					{
-						if (IsPreferredType(slot_category, current_type))
-						{
-							slot_type = current_type;
-							candidates = current_candidate;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d found preferred candidate type %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(slot_type));
-#endif
-						}
-						else
-						{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d found possible candidate type %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(current_type));
-#endif
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				if (slot_type != InvalidOid)
-				{
-					input_typeids[i] = slot_type;
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- assign column #%d slot type %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(input_typeids[i]));
-#endif
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d input type is %s\n",
- i, typeidTypeName(input_typeids[i]));
-#endif
-			}
-		}
-
-		ncandidates = 0;
-		for (current_candidate = candidates;
-			 current_candidate != NULL;
-			 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
-		{
-			ncandidates++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (ncandidates == 1)
-		return (candidates->args);
-
-	return (NULL);
-} /* oper_select_candidate() */
-
-
 /* func_get_detail()
  * Find the named function in the system catalogs.
  *
@@ -1331,22 +910,6 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 		}
 	}
 
-#if FALSE
-	/* Last-ditch attempt
-     * See if this is a single argument function with the function name
-     *  also a type name and the input argument and type name binary compatible...
-	 */
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(ftup) && (nargs == 1))
-	{
-		Type	ttup;
-
-		if ((HeapTupleIsValid(ttup = SearchSysCacheTuple(TYPNAME, PointerGetDatum(funcname), 0, 0, 0)))
-		 && IS_BINARY_COMPATIBLE(typeTypeId(ttup), oid_array[0]))
-		{
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
 	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(ftup))
 	{
 		Type		tp;
@@ -1355,11 +918,8 @@ func_get_detail(char *funcname,
 		{
 			tp = typeidType(oid_array[0]);
 			if (typeTypeFlag(tp) == 'c')
-				elog(ERROR, "no such attribute or function '%s'", funcname);
+				elog(ERROR, "func_get_detail: No such attribute or function '%s'", funcname);
 		}
-#if FALSE
-		func_error(NULL, funcname, nargs, oid_array, NULL);
-#endif
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -1519,7 +1079,7 @@ find_inheritors(Oid relid, Oid **supervec)
 
 			/* save the type id, rather than the relation id */
 			if ((rd = heap_open(qentry->sqe_relid)) == (Relation) NULL)
-				elog(ERROR, "relid %d does not exist", qentry->sqe_relid);
+				elog(ERROR, "Relid %d does not exist", qentry->sqe_relid);
 			qentry->sqe_relid = typeTypeId(typenameType(RelationGetRelationName(rd)->data));
 			heap_close(rd);
 
@@ -1676,7 +1236,7 @@ setup_tlist(char *attname, Oid relid)
 
 	attno = get_attnum(relid, attname);
 	if (attno < 0)
-		elog(ERROR, "cannot reference attribute '%s'"
+		elog(ERROR, "Cannot reference attribute '%s'"
 		 " of tuple params/return values for functions", attname);
 
 	typeid = get_atttype(relid, attno);
@@ -1780,7 +1340,7 @@ ParseComplexProjection(ParseState *pstate,
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						elog(ERROR, "Function '%s' has bad returntype %d",
+						elog(ERROR, "Function '%s' has bad return type %d",
 							 funcname, argtype);
 					}
 				}
@@ -1849,7 +1409,7 @@ ParseComplexProjection(ParseState *pstate,
 
 				}
 
-				elog(ERROR, "Function '%s' has bad returntype %d",
+				elog(ERROR, "Function '%s' has bad return type %d",
 					 funcname, argtype);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1918,7 +1478,7 @@ func_error(char *caller, char *funcname, int nargs, Oid *argtypes, char *msg)
 
 	if (caller == NULL)
 	{
-		elog(ERROR, "function '%s(%s)' does not exist%s%s",
+		elog(ERROR, "Function '%s(%s)' does not exist%s%s",
 		 funcname, p, ((msg != NULL)? "\n\t": ""), ((msg != NULL)? msg: ""));
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
index 140ca3df47e..1b0982d3bce 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c,v 1.15 1998/05/09 23:29:53 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c,v 1.16 1998/05/29 14:00:21 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "parser/parse_oper.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
+#include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
@@ -36,13 +37,10 @@ make_operand(char *opname,
 			 Oid orig_typeId,
 			 Oid true_typeId);
 
-/*
- * make_parsestate() --
- *	  allocate and initialize a new ParseState.
- *	the CALLER is responsible for freeing the ParseState* returned
- *
+/* make_parsestate()
+ * Allocate and initialize a new ParseState.
+ * The CALLER is responsible for freeing the ParseState* returned.
  */
-
 ParseState *
 make_parsestate(ParseState *parentParseState)
 {
@@ -58,11 +56,6 @@ make_parsestate(ParseState *parentParseState)
 }
 
 
-extern
-Node *
-coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node, Oid inputTypeId, Oid targetTypeId);
-
-
 /* make_operand()
  * Ensure argument type match by forcing conversion of constants.
  */
@@ -74,10 +67,6 @@ make_operand(char *opname,
 {
 	Node	   *result;
 	Type		true_type;
-#if FALSE
-	Datum		val;
-	Oid			infunc;
-#endif
 
 #ifdef PARSEDEBUG
 printf("make_operand: constructing operand for '%s' %s->%s\n",
@@ -133,36 +122,6 @@ disallow_setop(char *op, Type optype, Node *operand)
 }
 
 
-/* CoerceType()
- * Try to force type of node.
- */
-Oid CoerceType(Oid typeId, Node *node);
-
-Oid
-CoerceType(Oid typeId, Node *node)
-{
-	switch (nodeTag(node))
-	{
-		case T_Const:
-			{
-				Const	   *con = (Const *) node;
-			
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf( "Convert node %d to text\n", nodeTag(node));
-#endif
-
-				typeId = TEXTOID;
-				con->consttype = typeId;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			break;
-	}
-	return typeId;
-} /* CoerceType() */
-
-
 /* make_op()
  * Operator construction.
  *
@@ -174,7 +133,7 @@ make_op(char *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree)
 {
 	Oid			ltypeId,
 				rtypeId;
-	Operator	temp;
+	Operator	tup;
 	OperatorTupleForm opform;
 	Oper	   *newop;
 	Node	   *left,
@@ -185,8 +144,8 @@ make_op(char *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree)
 	if (rtree == NULL)
 	{
 		ltypeId = (ltree == NULL) ? UNKNOWNOID : exprType(ltree);
-		temp = right_oper(opname, ltypeId);
-		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(temp);
+		tup = right_oper(opname, ltypeId);
+		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(tup);
 		left = make_operand(opname, ltree, ltypeId, opform->oprleft);
 		right = NULL;
 
@@ -196,11 +155,11 @@ make_op(char *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree)
 	else if (ltree == NULL)
 	{
 		rtypeId = (rtree == NULL) ? UNKNOWNOID : exprType(rtree);
-		temp = left_oper(opname, rtypeId);
+		tup = left_oper(opname, rtypeId);
 #ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf("make_op: returned from left_oper() with structure at %p\n", (void *)temp);
+printf("make_op: returned from left_oper() with structure at %p\n", (void *)tup);
 #endif
-		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(temp);
+		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(tup);
 #ifdef PARSEDEBUG
 printf("make_op: calling make_operand()\n");
 #endif
@@ -212,80 +171,28 @@ printf("make_op: calling make_operand()\n");
 	/* otherwise, binary operator */
 	else
 	{
-
-#define CONVERTIBLE_TYPE(t) (	(t) == INT2OID || \
-								(t) == INT4OID || \
-								(t) == OIDOID || \
-								(t) == FLOAT4OID || \
-								(t) == FLOAT8OID || \
-								(t) == CASHOID)
-
 		/* binary operator */
 		ltypeId = (ltree == NULL) ? UNKNOWNOID : exprType(ltree);
 		rtypeId = (rtree == NULL) ? UNKNOWNOID : exprType(rtree);
 
-#if FALSE
-		/* Both operands of unknown type?
-		 * Then they are strings and we should force at least one to text
-		 * - thomas 1998-03-16
-		 */
-		ltypeId = exprType(ltree);
-		rtypeId = exprType(rtree);
-
-		if ((ltypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-		 && (rtypeId == UNKNOWNOID))
-		{
-#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
-printf( "Convert left-hand constant to text for node %d\n", nodeTag(ltree));
-#endif
-
-			ltypeId = CoerceType(TEXTOID, ltree);
-		}
-#endif
-
-#if FALSE
-		/*
-		 * convert constant when using a const of a numeric type and a
-		 * non-const of another numeric type
-		 */
-		if (CONVERTIBLE_TYPE(ltypeId) && nodeTag(ltree) != T_Const &&
-			CONVERTIBLE_TYPE(rtypeId) && nodeTag(rtree) == T_Const &&
-			!((Const *) rtree)->constiscast)
+		/* check for exact match on this operator... */
+		if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup = oper_exact(opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, &ltree, &rtree, TRUE)))
 		{
-			outfunc = typeidOutfunc(rtypeId);
-			infunc = typeidInfunc(ltypeId);
-			outstr = (char *) fmgr(outfunc, ((Const *) rtree)->constvalue);
-			((Const *) rtree)->constvalue = (Datum) fmgr(infunc, outstr, -1);
-			pfree(outstr);
-			((Const *) rtree)->consttype = rtypeId = ltypeId;
-			newtype = typeidType(rtypeId);
-			((Const *) rtree)->constlen = typeLen(newtype);
-			((Const *) rtree)->constbyval = typeByVal(newtype);
+			ltypeId = exprType(ltree);
+			rtypeId = exprType(rtree);
 		}
-
-		if (CONVERTIBLE_TYPE(rtypeId) && nodeTag(rtree) != T_Const &&
-			CONVERTIBLE_TYPE(ltypeId) && nodeTag(ltree) == T_Const &&
-			!((Const *) ltree)->constiscast)
+		/* try to find a match on likely candidates... */
+		else if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup = oper_inexact(opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, &ltree, &rtree, FALSE)))
 		{
-			outfunc = typeidOutfunc(ltypeId);
-			infunc = typeidInfunc(rtypeId);
-			outstr = (char *) fmgr(outfunc, ((Const *) ltree)->constvalue);
-			((Const *) ltree)->constvalue = (Datum) fmgr(infunc, outstr, -1);
-			pfree(outstr);
-			((Const *) ltree)->consttype = ltypeId = rtypeId;
-			newtype = typeidType(ltypeId);
-			((Const *) ltree)->constlen = typeLen(newtype);
-			((Const *) ltree)->constbyval = typeByVal(newtype);
+			/* Won't return from oper_inexact() without a candidate... */
 		}
-#endif
 
-		temp = oper(opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, false);
-		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(temp);
+		opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(tup);
 		left = make_operand(opname, ltree, ltypeId, opform->oprleft);
 		right = make_operand(opname, rtree, rtypeId, opform->oprright);
 	}
 
-	newop = makeOper(oprid(temp),		/* opno */
+	newop = makeOper(oprid(tup),		/* opno */
 					 InvalidOid,		/* opid */
 					 opform->oprresult,	/* operator result type */
 					 0,
@@ -304,7 +211,7 @@ printf( "Convert left-hand constant to text for node %d\n", nodeTag(ltree));
 		result->args = lcons(left, lcons(right, NIL));
 
 	return result;
-}
+} /* make_op() */
 
 
 Var *
@@ -538,7 +445,7 @@ make_const(Value *value)
 		default:
 			{
 				if (nodeTag(value) != T_Null)
-					elog(NOTICE, "unknown type : %d\n", nodeTag(value));
+					elog(NOTICE, "make_const: unknown type %d\n", nodeTag(value));
 
 				/* null const */
 				con = makeConst(0, 0, (Datum) NULL, true, false, false, false);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
index 2e43b1380fc..7042e4740fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c,v 1.11 1998/05/09 23:29:53 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c,v 1.12 1998/05/29 14:00:22 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -21,37 +21,27 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_operator.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "fmgr.h"
+#include "parser/parse_func.h"
 #include "parser/parse_oper.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
 #include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 
-extern
-Oid *
-func_select_candidate(int nargs, Oid *input_typeids, CandidateList candidates);
-
-extern
 Oid *
 oper_select_candidate(int nargs, Oid *input_typeids, CandidateList candidates);
-
 static int
 binary_oper_get_candidates(char *opname,
 						   Oid leftTypeId,
 						   Oid rightTypeId,
 						   CandidateList *candidates);
-static CandidateList
-binary_oper_select_candidate(Oid arg1,
-							 Oid arg2,
-							 CandidateList candidates);
-static bool equivalentOpersAfterPromotion(CandidateList candidates);
-static void op_error(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2);
 static int
 unary_oper_get_candidates(char *op,
 						  Oid typeId,
 						  CandidateList *candidates,
 						  char rightleft);
-
+static void
+op_error(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2);
 
 Oid
 any_ordering_op(int restype)
@@ -59,7 +49,13 @@ any_ordering_op(int restype)
 	Operator	order_op;
 	Oid			order_opid;
 
-	order_op = oper("<", restype, restype, false);
+	order_op = oper("<", restype, restype, TRUE);
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(order_op))
+	{
+		elog(ERROR, "Unable to find an ordering operator '%s' for type %s."
+			"\n\tUse an explicit ordering operator or modify the query.",
+			"<", typeidTypeName(restype));
+	}
 	order_opid = oprid(order_op);
 
 	return order_opid;
@@ -107,44 +103,12 @@ binary_oper_get_candidates(char *opname,
 						   F_CHAREQ,
 						   CharGetDatum('b'));
 
-#if FALSE
-	if (leftTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-	{
-		if (rightTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-		{
-			nkeys = 2;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			nkeys = 3;
-
-			ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[2], 0,
-								   Anum_pg_operator_oprright,
-								   ObjectIdEqualRegProcedure,
-								   ObjectIdGetDatum(rightTypeId));
-		}
-	}
-	else if (rightTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-	{
-		nkeys = 3;
-
-		ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[2], 0,
-							   Anum_pg_operator_oprleft,
-							   ObjectIdEqualRegProcedure,
-							   ObjectIdGetDatum(leftTypeId));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* currently only "unknown" can be coerced */
-		return 0;
-#endif
-
 	nkeys = 2;
 
 	pg_operator_desc = heap_openr(OperatorRelationName);
 	pg_operator_scan = heap_beginscan(pg_operator_desc,
 									  0,
-									  true,
+									  TRUE,
 									  nkeys,
 									  opKey);
 
@@ -173,288 +137,400 @@ binary_oper_get_candidates(char *opname,
 } /* binary_oper_get_candidates() */
 
 
-#if FALSE
-/* BinaryOperCandidates()
- *	Given opname, leftTypeId and rightTypeId,
- *	find all possible (arg1, arg2) pairs for which an operator named
- *	opname exists, such that leftTypeId can be coerced to arg1 and
- *	rightTypeId can be coerced to arg2.
+/* oper_select_candidate()
+ * Given the input argtype array and more than one candidate
+ * for the function argtype array, attempt to resolve the conflict.
+ * returns the selected argtype array if the conflict can be resolved,
+ * otherwise returns NULL.
+ *
+ * This routine is new code, replacing binary_oper_select_candidate()
+ * which dates from v4.2/v1.0.x days. It tries very hard to match up
+ * operators with types, including allowing type coersions if necessary.
+ * The important thing is that the code do as much as possible,
+ * while _never_ doing the wrong thing, where "the wrong thing" would
+ * be returning an operator when other better choices are available,
+ * or returning an operator which is a non-intuitive possibility.
+ * - thomas 1998-05-21
+ *
+ * The comments below came from binary_oper_select_candidate(), and
+ * illustrate the issues and choices which are possible:
+ * - thomas 1998-05-20
+ *
+ * current wisdom holds that the default operator should be one in which
+ * both operands have the same type (there will only be one such
+ * operator)
+ *
+ * 7.27.93 - I have decided not to do this; it's too hard to justify, and
+ * it's easy enough to typecast explicitly - avi
+ * [the rest of this routine was commented out since then - ay]
+ *
+ * 6/23/95 - I don't complete agree with avi. In particular, casting
+ * floats is a pain for users. Whatever the rationale behind not doing
+ * this is, I need the following special case to work.
+ *
+ * In the WHERE clause of a query, if a float is specified without
+ * quotes, we treat it as float8. I added the float48* operators so
+ * that we can operate on float4 and float8. But now we have more than
+ * one matching operator if the right arg is unknown (eg. float
+ * specified with quotes). This break some stuff in the regression
+ * test where there are floats in quotes not properly casted. Below is
+ * the solution. In addition to requiring the operator operates on the
+ * same type for both operands [as in the code Avi originally
+ * commented out], we also require that the operators be equivalent in
+ * some sense. (see equivalentOpersAfterPromotion for details.)
+ * - ay 6/95
  */
-static int
-BinaryOperCandidates(char *opname,
-					 Oid lTypeId,
-					 Oid rTypeId,
-					 CandidateList *candidates)
+Oid *
+oper_select_candidate(int nargs,
+					  Oid *input_typeids,
+					  CandidateList candidates)
 {
-	CandidateList current_candidate;
-	Relation	pg_operator_desc;
-	HeapScanDesc pg_operator_scan;
-	HeapTuple	tup;
-	OperatorTupleForm oper;
-	Buffer		buffer;
-	int			nkeys;
-	int			ncandidates = 0;
-	ScanKeyData opKey[3];
+	CandidateList	current_candidate;
+	CandidateList	last_candidate;
+	Oid			   *current_typeids;
+	int				unknownOids;
+	int				i;
 
-	/* Can we promote the lesser type and find a match? */
-	lCandidateTypeId = lTypeId;
-	rCandidateTypeId = rTypeId;
-	higherTypeId = PromoteLowerType(&lCandidateTypeId, &rCandidateTypeId);
-	if (lTypeId != higherTypeId)
-		lowerTypeId = lTypeId;
-	else
-		lowerTypeId = rTypeId;
-
-	while (lCandidateTypeId != rCandidateTypeId)
-		if ((lCandidateTypeId == InvalidOid) || (rCandidateTypeId == InvalidOid))
-			break;
-
-		tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
-								  PointerGetDatum(op),
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(lCandidateTypeId),
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(rCandidateTypeId),
-								  Int8GetDatum('b'));
-		if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-			return ((Operator) tup);
+	int				ncandidates;
+	int				nbestMatch,
+					nmatch;
 
-		PromoteLowerType(&lCandidateTypeId, &rCandidateTypeId);
-	}
+	CATEGORY		slot_category,
+					current_category;
+	Oid				slot_type,
+					current_type;
 
-	/* Can we promote the lesser type directly to the other? */
-	if (can_coerce_type(lowerTypeId, higherTypeId))
+/*
+ * Run through all candidates and keep those with the most matches
+ *  on explicit types. Keep all candidates if none match.
+ */
+	ncandidates = 0;
+	nbestMatch = 0;
+	last_candidate = NULL;
+	for (current_candidate = candidates;
+		 current_candidate != NULL;
+		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
 	{
-		tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
-								  PointerGetDatum(op),
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(higherTypeId),
-								  ObjectIdGetDatum(higherTypeId),
-								  Int8GetDatum('b'));
-		if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
-			return ((Operator) tup);
-	}
-
-
-	*candidates = NULL;
-
-	ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[0], 0,
-						   Anum_pg_operator_oprname,
-						   NameEqualRegProcedure,
-						   NameGetDatum(opname));
-
-	ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[1], 0,
-						   Anum_pg_operator_oprkind,
-						   CharacterEqualRegProcedure,
-						   CharGetDatum('b'));
+		current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
+		nmatch = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if ((input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
+			 && (current_typeids[i] == input_typeids[i]))
+			{
+				nmatch++;
+			}
+		}
 
-#if FALSE
-	if (leftTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-	{
-		if (rightTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- candidate has %d matches\n", nmatch);
+#endif
+		if ((nmatch > nbestMatch) || (last_candidate == NULL))
+		{
+			nbestMatch = nmatch;
+			candidates = current_candidate;
+			last_candidate = current_candidate;
+			ncandidates = 1;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as best match\n");
+#endif
+		}
+		else if (nmatch == nbestMatch)
 		{
-			nkeys = 2;
+			last_candidate->next = current_candidate;
+			last_candidate = current_candidate;
+			ncandidates++;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as possible match\n");
+#endif
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			nkeys = 3;
-
-			ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[2], 0,
-								   Anum_pg_operator_oprright,
-								   F_OIDEQ,
-								   ObjectIdGetDatum(rightTypeId));
+			last_candidate->next = NULL;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- reject candidate as possible match\n");
+#endif
 		}
 	}
-	else if (rightTypeId == UNKNOWNOID)
-	{
-		nkeys = 3;
 
-		ScanKeyEntryInitialize(&opKey[2], 0,
-							   Anum_pg_operator_oprleft,
-							   F_OIDEQ,
-							   ObjectIdGetDatum(leftTypeId));
-	}
-	else
+	if (ncandidates <= 1)
 	{
-		/* currently only "unknown" can be coerced */
-		return 0;
-#endif
-
-	nkeys = 2;
-
-	pg_operator_desc = heap_openr(OperatorRelationName);
-	pg_operator_scan = heap_beginscan(pg_operator_desc,
-									  0,
-									  true,
-									  nkeys,
-									  opKey);
+		if (!can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[0], &candidates->args[0])
+		 || !can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[1], &candidates->args[1]))
+		{
+			ncandidates = 0;
+		}
+		return ((ncandidates == 1)? candidates->args: NULL);
+	}
 
-	do
+/*
+ * Still too many candidates?
+ * Now look for candidates which allow coersion and are preferred types.
+ * Keep all candidates if none match.
+ */
+	ncandidates = 0;
+	nbestMatch = 0;
+	last_candidate = NULL;
+	for (current_candidate = candidates;
+		 current_candidate != NULL;
+		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
 	{
-		tup = heap_getnext(pg_operator_scan, 0, &buffer);
-		if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
+		nmatch = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 		{
-			current_candidate = (CandidateList) palloc(sizeof(struct _CandidateList));
-			current_candidate->args = (Oid *) palloc(2 * sizeof(Oid));
+			current_category = TypeCategory(current_typeids[i]);
+			if (input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
+			{
+				if (current_typeids[i] == input_typeids[i])
+				{
+					nmatch++;
+				}
+				else if (IsPreferredType(current_category, current_typeids[i])
+				 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[i], &current_typeids[i]))
+				{
+					nmatch++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
 
-			oper = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(tup);
-			current_candidate->args[0] = oper->oprleft;
-			current_candidate->args[1] = oper->oprright;
-			current_candidate->next = *candidates;
-			*candidates = current_candidate;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- candidate has %d matches\n", nmatch);
+#endif
+		if ((nmatch > nbestMatch) || (last_candidate == NULL))
+		{
+			nbestMatch = nmatch;
+			candidates = current_candidate;
+			last_candidate = current_candidate;
+			ncandidates = 1;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as best match\n");
+#endif
+		}
+		else if (nmatch == nbestMatch)
+		{
+			last_candidate->next = current_candidate;
+			last_candidate = current_candidate;
 			ncandidates++;
-			ReleaseBuffer(buffer);
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- choose candidate as possible match\n");
+#endif
 		}
-	} while (HeapTupleIsValid(tup));
-
-	heap_endscan(pg_operator_scan);
-	heap_close(pg_operator_desc);
-
-	return ncandidates;
-} /* BinaryOperCandidates() */
+		else
+		{
+			last_candidate->next = NULL;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- reject candidate as possible match\n");
 #endif
+		}
+	}
 
+	if (ncandidates <= 1)
+	{
+		if (!can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[0], &candidates->args[0])
+		 || !can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[1], &candidates->args[1]))
+		{
+			ncandidates = 0;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- unable to coerce preferred candidate\n");
+#endif
+		}
+		return ((ncandidates == 1)? candidates->args: NULL);
+	}
 
 /*
- * equivalentOpersAfterPromotion -
- *	  checks if a list of candidate operators obtained from
- *	  binary_oper_get_candidates() contain equivalent operators. If
- *	  this routine is called, we have more than 1 candidate and need to
- *	  decided whether to pick one of them. This routine returns true if
- *	  all the candidates operate on the same data types after
- *	  promotion (int2, int4, float4 -> float8).
+ * Still too many candidates?
+ * Try assigning types for the unknown columns.
  */
-static bool
-equivalentOpersAfterPromotion(CandidateList candidates)
-{
-	CandidateList result;
-	CandidateList promotedCandidates = NULL;
-	Oid			leftarg,
-				rightarg;
+	unknownOids = FALSE;
+	current_type = UNKNOWNOID;
+	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+	{
+		if ((input_typeids[i] != UNKNOWNOID)
+		 && (input_typeids[i] != InvalidOid))
+		{
+			current_type = input_typeids[i];
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			unknownOids = TRUE;
+		}
+	}
 
-	for (result = candidates; result != NULL; result = result->next)
+	if (unknownOids && (current_type != UNKNOWNOID))
 	{
-		CandidateList c;
+		for (current_candidate = candidates;
+			 current_candidate != NULL;
+			 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
+		{
+			nmatch = 0;
+			for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+			{
+				current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
+				if ((current_type == current_typeids[i])
+				 || IS_BINARY_COMPATIBLE(current_type, current_typeids[i]))
+					nmatch++;
+			}
+			if (nmatch == nargs)
+				return (candidates->args);
+		}
+	}
 
-		c = (CandidateList) palloc(sizeof(*c));
-		c->args = (Oid *) palloc(2 * sizeof(Oid));
-		switch (result->args[0])
+	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+	{
+		if (input_typeids[i] == UNKNOWNOID)
 		{
-			case FLOAT4OID:
-			case INT4OID:
-			case INT2OID:
-			case CASHOID:
-				c->args[0] = FLOAT8OID;
-				break;
-			default:
-				c->args[0] = result->args[0];
-				break;
+			slot_category = INVALID_TYPE;
+			slot_type = InvalidOid;
+			for (current_candidate = candidates;
+				 current_candidate != NULL;
+				 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
+			{
+				current_typeids = current_candidate->args;
+				current_type = current_typeids[i];
+				current_category = TypeCategory(current_typeids[i]);
+				if (slot_category == InvalidOid)
+				{
+					slot_category = current_category;
+					slot_type = current_type;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- assign column #%d first candidate slot type %s\n",
+ i, typeidTypeName(current_type));
+#endif
+				}
+				else if (current_category != slot_category)
+				{
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- multiple possible types for column #%d; unable to choose candidate\n", i);
+#endif
+					return NULL;
+				}
+				else if (current_type != slot_type)
+				{
+					if (IsPreferredType(slot_category, current_type))
+					{
+						slot_type = current_type;
+						candidates = current_candidate;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d found preferred candidate type %s\n",
+ i, typeidTypeName(slot_type));
+#endif
+					}
+					else
+					{
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d found possible candidate type %s\n",
+ i, typeidTypeName(current_type));
+#endif
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (slot_type != InvalidOid)
+			{
+				input_typeids[i] = slot_type;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- assign column #%d slot type %s\n",
+ i, typeidTypeName(input_typeids[i]));
+#endif
+			}
 		}
-		switch (result->args[1])
+		else
 		{
-			case FLOAT4OID:
-			case INT4OID:
-			case INT2OID:
-			case CASHOID:
-				c->args[1] = FLOAT8OID;
-				break;
-			default:
-				c->args[1] = result->args[1];
-				break;
+#ifdef PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_select_candidate- column #%d input type is %s\n",
+ i, typeidTypeName(input_typeids[i]));
+#endif
 		}
-		c->next = promotedCandidates;
-		promotedCandidates = c;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * if we get called, we have more than 1 candidates so we can do the
-	 * following safely
-	 */
-	leftarg = promotedCandidates->args[0];
-	rightarg = promotedCandidates->args[1];
-
-	for (result = promotedCandidates->next; result != NULL; result = result->next)
+	ncandidates = 0;
+	for (current_candidate = candidates;
+		 current_candidate != NULL;
+		 current_candidate = current_candidate->next)
 	{
-		if (result->args[0] != leftarg || result->args[1] != rightarg)
-
-			/*
-			 * this list contains operators that operate on different data
-			 * types even after promotion. Hence we can't decide on which
-			 * one to pick. The user must do explicit type casting.
-			 */
-			return FALSE;
+		if (can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[0], &current_candidate->args[0])
+		 && can_coerce_type(1, &input_typeids[1], &current_candidate->args[1]))
+			ncandidates++;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * all the candidates are equivalent in the following sense: they
-	 * operate on equivalent data types and picking any one of them is as
-	 * good.
-	 */
-	return TRUE;
-}
+	return ((ncandidates == 1)? candidates->args: NULL);
+} /* oper_select_candidate() */
 
 
-/* binary_oper_select_candidate()
- * Given a choice of argument type pairs for a binary operator,
- *  try to choose a default pair.
- *
- * current wisdom holds that the default operator should be one in which
- * both operands have the same type (there will only be one such
- * operator)
- *
- * 7.27.93 - I have decided not to do this; it's too hard to justify, and
- * it's easy enough to typecast explicitly - avi
- * [the rest of this routine was commented out since then - ay]
- *
- * 6/23/95 - I don't complete agree with avi. In particular, casting
- * floats is a pain for users. Whatever the rationale behind not doing
- * this is, I need the following special case to work.
- *
- * In the WHERE clause of a query, if a float is specified without
- * quotes, we treat it as float8. I added the float48* operators so
- * that we can operate on float4 and float8. But now we have more than
- * one matching operator if the right arg is unknown (eg. float
- * specified with quotes). This break some stuff in the regression
- * test where there are floats in quotes not properly casted. Below is
- * the solution. In addition to requiring the operator operates on the
- * same type for both operands [as in the code Avi originally
- * commented out], we also require that the operators be equivalent in
- * some sense. (see equivalentOpersAfterPromotion for details.)
- * - ay 6/95
+/* oper_exact()
+ * Given operator, and arguments, return oper struct.
+ * Inputs:
+ * arg1, arg2: Type IDs
  */
-static CandidateList
-binary_oper_select_candidate(Oid arg1,
-							 Oid arg2,
-							 CandidateList candidates)
+Operator
+oper_exact(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2, Node **ltree, Node **rtree, bool noWarnings)
 {
-	CandidateList result;
+	HeapTuple	tup;
+	Node	   *tree;
 
-	/*
-	 * If both are "unknown", there is no way to select a candidate
-	 */
-	if (arg1 == UNKNOWNOID && arg2 == UNKNOWNOID)
-		return (NULL);
+	/* Unspecified type for one of the arguments? then use the other */
+	if ((arg1 == UNKNOWNOID) && (arg2 != InvalidOid)) arg1 = arg2;
+	else if ((arg2 == UNKNOWNOID) && (arg1 != InvalidOid)) arg2 = arg1;
 
-	if (!equivalentOpersAfterPromotion(candidates))
-		return NULL;
+	tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
+							  PointerGetDatum(op),
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg1),
+							  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg2),
+							  Int8GetDatum('b'));
 
-	/*
-	 * if we get here, any one will do but we're more picky and require
-	 * both operands be the same.
-	 */
-	for (result = candidates; result != NULL; result = result->next)
+	/* Did not find anything? then try flipping arguments on a commutative operator... */
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup) && (arg1 != arg2))
 	{
-		if (result->args[0] == result->args[1])
-			return result;
+		tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
+								  PointerGetDatum(op),
+								  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg2),
+								  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg1),
+								  Int8GetDatum('b'));
+
+		if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		{
+			OperatorTupleForm opform;
+
+#if PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_exact: found possible commutative operator candidate\n");
+#endif
+			opform = (OperatorTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+			if (opform->oprcom == tup->t_oid)
+			{
+#if PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_exact: commutative operator found\n");
+#endif
+				if ((ltree != NULL) && (rtree != NULL))
+				{
+					tree = *ltree;
+					*ltree = *rtree;
+					*rtree = tree;
+				}
+			}
+			/* disable for now... - thomas 1998-05-14 */
+			else
+			{
+				tup = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup) && (!noWarnings))
+		{
+			op_error(op, arg1, arg2);
+		}
 	}
 
-	return (NULL);
-}
+	return tup;
+} /* oper_exact() */
 
-/* oper()
+
+/* oper_inexact()
  * Given operator, types of arg1, and arg2, return oper struct.
  * Inputs:
  * arg1, arg2: Type IDs
  */
 Operator
-oper(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2, bool noWarnings)
+oper_inexact(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2, Node **ltree, Node **rtree, bool noWarnings)
 {
 	HeapTuple		tup;
 	CandidateList	candidates;
@@ -468,77 +544,95 @@ oper(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2, bool noWarnings)
 	if (arg1 == InvalidOid)
 		arg1 = arg2;
 
-	tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
-							  PointerGetDatum(op),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg1),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(arg2),
-							  Int8GetDatum('b'));
+	ncandidates = binary_oper_get_candidates(op, arg1, arg2, &candidates);
 
-	/* Did not find anything? then look more carefully... */
-	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+	/* No operators found? Then throw error or return null... */
+	if (ncandidates == 0)
 	{
-		ncandidates = binary_oper_get_candidates(op, arg1, arg2, &candidates);
+		if (!noWarnings)
+			op_error(op, arg1, arg2);
+		return (NULL);
+	}
 
-		/* No operators found? Then throw error or return null... */
-		if (ncandidates == 0)
-		{
-			if (!noWarnings)
-				op_error(op, arg1, arg2);
-			return (NULL);
-		}
+	/* Or found exactly one? Then proceed... */
+	else if (ncandidates == 1)
+	{
+		tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
+								  PointerGetDatum(op),
+								  ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[0]),
+								  ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[1]),
+								  Int8GetDatum('b'));
+		Assert(HeapTupleIsValid(tup));
 
-		/* Or found exactly one? Then proceed... */
-		else if (ncandidates == 1)
+#if PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_inexact: found single candidate\n");
+#endif
+
+	}
+
+	/* Otherwise, multiple operators of the desired types found... */
+	else
+	{
+		inputOids[0] = arg1;
+		inputOids[1] = arg2;
+		targetOids = oper_select_candidate(2, inputOids, candidates);
+		if (targetOids != NULL)
 		{
+#if PARSEDEBUG
+printf("oper_inexact: found candidate\n");
+#endif
 			tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
 									  PointerGetDatum(op),
-									  ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[0]),
-									  ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[1]),
+									  ObjectIdGetDatum(targetOids[0]),
+									  ObjectIdGetDatum(targetOids[1]),
 									  Int8GetDatum('b'));
-			Assert(HeapTupleIsValid(tup));
-		}
 
-		/* Otherwise, multiple operators of the desired types found... */
+		}
 		else
 		{
-#if FALSE
-			candidates = binary_oper_select_candidate(arg1, arg2, candidates);
-#endif
-			inputOids[0] = arg1;
-			inputOids[1] = arg2;
-			targetOids = oper_select_candidate(2, inputOids, candidates);
-#if FALSE
-			targetOids = func_select_candidate(2, inputOids, candidates);
-#endif
-			if (targetOids != NULL)
-			{
-#if PARSEDEBUG
-printf("oper: found candidate\n");
-#endif
-				tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
-										  PointerGetDatum(op),
-										  ObjectIdGetDatum(targetOids[0]),
-										  ObjectIdGetDatum(targetOids[1]),
-										  Int8GetDatum('b'));
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				tup = NULL;
-			}
+			tup = NULL;
+		}
 
-			/* Could not choose one, for whatever reason... */
-			if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		/* Could not choose one, for whatever reason... */
+		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		{
+			if (!noWarnings)
 			{
-				if (!noWarnings)
-				{
-					elog(ERROR, "There is more than one operator '%s' for types '%s' and '%s'"
-						"\n\tYou will have to retype this query using an explicit cast",
-						op, typeTypeName(typeidType(arg1)), typeTypeName(typeidType(arg2)));
-				}
-				return (NULL);
+				elog(ERROR, "There is more than one possible operator '%s' for types '%s' and '%s'"
+					"\n\tYou will have to retype this query using an explicit cast",
+					op, typeTypeName(typeidType(arg1)), typeTypeName(typeidType(arg2)));
 			}
+			return (NULL);
 		}
 	}
+	return ((Operator) tup);
+} /* oper_inexact() */
+
+
+/* oper()
+ * Given operator, types of arg1, and arg2, return oper struct.
+ * Inputs:
+ * arg1, arg2: Type IDs
+ */
+Operator
+oper(char *opname, Oid ltypeId, Oid rtypeId, bool noWarnings)
+{
+	HeapTuple		tup;
+
+	/* check for exact match on this operator... */
+	if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup = oper_exact(opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, NULL, NULL, TRUE)))
+	{
+	}
+	/* try to find a match on likely candidates... */
+	else if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup = oper_inexact(opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, NULL, NULL, TRUE)))
+	{
+	}
+	else if (!noWarnings)
+	{
+		elog(ERROR, "Unable to find binary operator '%s' for types %s and %s",
+			 opname, typeTypeName(typeidType(ltypeId)), typeTypeName(typeidType(rtypeId)));
+	}
+
 	return ((Operator) tup);
 } /* oper() */
 
@@ -573,26 +667,13 @@ unary_oper_get_candidates(char *op,
 	fmgr_info(F_CHAREQ, (FmgrInfo *) &opKey[1].sk_func);
 	opKey[1].sk_argument = CharGetDatum(rightleft);
 
-#if FALSE
-	/* currently, only "unknown" can be coerced */
-
-	/*
-	 * but we should allow types that are internally the same to be
-	 * "coerced"
-	 */
-	if (typeId != UNKNOWNOID)
-	{
-		return 0;
-	}
-#endif
-
 #ifdef PARSEDEBUG
 printf("unary_oper_get_candidates: start scan for '%s'\n", op);
 #endif
 	pg_operator_desc = heap_openr(OperatorRelationName);
 	pg_operator_scan = heap_beginscan(pg_operator_desc,
 									  0,
-									  true,
+									  TRUE,
 									  2,
 									  opKey);
 
@@ -658,17 +739,13 @@ right_oper(char *op, Oid arg)
 		{
 			tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
 									  PointerGetDatum(op),
-								   ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[0]),
+									  ObjectIdGetDatum(candidates->args[0]),
 									  ObjectIdGetDatum(InvalidOid),
 									  Int8GetDatum('r'));
 			Assert(HeapTupleIsValid(tup));
 		}
 		else
 		{
-#if FALSE
-			elog(ERROR, "There is more than one right operator %s"
-				"\n\tYou will have to retype this query using an explicit cast", op);
-#endif
 			targetOid = func_select_candidate(1, &arg, candidates);
 
 			if (targetOid != NULL)
@@ -735,10 +812,6 @@ printf("left_oper: searched cache for single left oper candidate '%s %s'\n",
 		}
 		else
 		{
-#if FALSE
-			elog(ERROR, "There is more than one left operator %s"
-				"\n\tYou will have to retype this query using an explicit cast", op);
-#endif
 			targetOid = func_select_candidate(1, &arg, candidates);
 			tup = SearchSysCacheTuple(OPRNAME,
 									  PointerGetDatum(op),
@@ -779,7 +852,7 @@ op_error(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2)
 	else
 	{
 		elog(ERROR, "Left hand side of operator '%s' has an unknown type"
-			"\n\tProbably a bad attribute name", op);
+			 "\n\tProbably a bad attribute name", op);
 	}
 
 	if (typeidIsValid(arg2))
@@ -789,11 +862,11 @@ op_error(char *op, Oid arg1, Oid arg2)
 	else
 	{
 		elog(ERROR, "Right hand side of operator %s has an unknown type"
-			"\n\tProbably a bad attribute name", op);
+			 "\n\tProbably a bad attribute name", op);
 	}
 
 	elog(ERROR, "There is no operator '%s' for types '%s' and '%s'"
 		 "\n\tYou will either have to retype this query using an explicit cast,"
-	 "\n\tor you will have to define the operator using CREATE OPERATOR",
+		 "\n\tor you will have to define the operator using CREATE OPERATOR",
 		 op, typeTypeName(tp1), typeTypeName(tp2));
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index e76fa1829e3..ad996081625 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.13 1998/05/21 03:53:51 scrappy Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.14 1998/05/29 14:00:23 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@
 #include "parser/parse_node.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_target.h"
+#include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 
-extern
-bool can_coerce_type(int nargs, Oid *input_typeids, Oid *func_typeids);
-
-extern
-Node *coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node, Oid inputTypeId, Oid targetTypeId);
 
 static List *expandAllTables(ParseState *pstate);
 static char *figureColname(Node *expr, Node *resval);
@@ -46,11 +42,6 @@ size_target_expr(ParseState *pstate,
 				 Node *expr,
 				 Oid attrtype,
 				 int16 attrtypmod);
-Node *
-coerce_target_expr(ParseState *pstate,
-				   Node *expr,
-				   Oid type_id,
-				   Oid attrtype);
 
 
 /*
@@ -357,7 +348,7 @@ transformTargetList(ParseState *pstate, List *targetlist)
 	}
 
 	return p_target;
-}
+} /* transformTargetList() */
 
 
 Node *
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
index eeceeab20c0..5b2529f6847 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c,v 1.9 1998/05/09 23:29:54 thomas Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c,v 1.10 1998/05/29 14:00:24 thomas Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -264,27 +264,3 @@ typeidInfunc(Oid type_id)
 	infunc = type->typinput;
 	return (infunc);
 }
-
-
-#ifdef NOT_USED
-char
-FindDelimiter(char *typename)
-{
-	char		delim;
-	HeapTuple	typeTuple;
-	TypeTupleForm type;
-
-
-	if (!(typeTuple = SearchSysCacheTuple(TYPNAME,
-										  PointerGetDatum(typename),
-										  0, 0, 0)))
-	{
-		elog(ERROR, "type name lookup of %s failed", typename);
-	}
-	type = (TypeTupleForm) GETSTRUCT(typeTuple);
-
-	delim = type->typdelim;
-	return (delim);
-}
-
-#endif
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