Don't elide casting to typmod -1.

Casting a value that's already of a type with a specific typmod
to an unspecified typmod doesn't do anything so far as run-time
behavior is concerned.  However, it really ought to change the
exposed type of the expression to match.  Up to now,
coerce_type_typmod hasn't bothered with that, which creates gotchas
in contexts such as recursive unions.  If for example one side of
the union is numeric(18,3), but it needs to be plain numeric to
match the other side, there's no direct way to express that.

This is easy enough to fix, by inserting a RelabelType to update the
exposed type of the expression.  However, it's a bit nervous-making
to change this behavior, because it's stood for a really long time.
(I strongly suspect that it's like this in part because the logic
pre-dates the introduction of RelabelType in 7.0.  The commit log
message for 57b30e8 is interesting reading here.)  As a compromise,
we'll sneak the change into 14beta3, and consider back-patching to
stable branches if no complaints emerge in the next three months.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABNQVagu3bZGqiTjb31a8D5Od3fUMs7Oh3gmZMQZVHZ=uWWWfQ@mail.gmail.com

Author: tglsfdc

src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c

@@ -758,25 +758,33 @@ coerce_type_typmod(Node *node, Oid targetTypeId, int32 targetTypMod,
 	CoercionPathType pathtype;
 	Oid			funcId;
 
-	/*
-	 * A negative typmod is assumed to mean that no coercion is wanted. Also,
-	 * skip coercion if already done.
-	 */
-	if (targetTypMod < 0 || targetTypMod == exprTypmod(node))
+	/* Skip coercion if already done */
+	if (targetTypMod == exprTypmod(node))
 		return node;
 
+	/* Suppress display of nested coercion steps */
+	if (hideInputCoercion)
+		hide_coercion_node(node);
+
 	pathtype = find_typmod_coercion_function(targetTypeId, &funcId);
 
 	if (pathtype != COERCION_PATH_NONE)
 	{
-		/* Suppress display of nested coercion steps */
-		if (hideInputCoercion)
-			hide_coercion_node(node);
-
 		node = build_coercion_expression(node, pathtype, funcId,
 										 targetTypeId, targetTypMod,
 										 ccontext, cformat, location);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		/*
+		 * We don't need to perform any actual coercion step, but we should
+		 * apply a RelabelType to ensure that the expression exposes the
+		 * intended typmod.
+		 */
+		node = applyRelabelType(node, targetTypeId, targetTypMod,
+								exprCollation(node),
+								cformat, location, false);
+	}
 
 	return node;
 }

src/test/regress/expected/expressions.out

@@ -158,6 +158,43 @@ select count(*) from date_tbl
     13
 (1 row)
 
+--
+-- Test parsing of a no-op cast to a type with unspecified typmod
+--
+begin;
+create table numeric_tbl (f1 numeric(18,3), f2 numeric);
+create view numeric_view as
+  select
+    f1, f1::numeric(16,4) as f1164, f1::numeric as f1n,
+    f2, f2::numeric(16,4) as f2164, f2::numeric as f2n
+  from numeric_tbl;
+\d+ numeric_view
+                           View "public.numeric_view"
+ Column |     Type      | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage | Description 
+--------+---------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+-------------
+ f1     | numeric(18,3) |           |          |         | main    | 
+ f1164  | numeric(16,4) |           |          |         | main    | 
+ f1n    | numeric       |           |          |         | main    | 
+ f2     | numeric       |           |          |         | main    | 
+ f2164  | numeric(16,4) |           |          |         | main    | 
+ f2n    | numeric       |           |          |         | main    | 
+View definition:
+ SELECT numeric_tbl.f1,
+    numeric_tbl.f1::numeric(16,4) AS f1164,
+    numeric_tbl.f1::numeric AS f1n,
+    numeric_tbl.f2,
+    numeric_tbl.f2::numeric(16,4) AS f2164,
+    numeric_tbl.f2 AS f2n
+   FROM numeric_tbl;
+
+explain (verbose, costs off) select * from numeric_view;
+                                                                      QUERY PLAN                                                                       
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on public.numeric_tbl
+   Output: numeric_tbl.f1, (numeric_tbl.f1)::numeric(16,4), (numeric_tbl.f1)::numeric, numeric_tbl.f2, (numeric_tbl.f2)::numeric(16,4), numeric_tbl.f2
+(2 rows)
+
+rollback;
 --
 -- Tests for ScalarArrayOpExpr with a hashfn
 --

src/test/regress/sql/expressions.sql

@@ -66,6 +66,27 @@ select count(*) from date_tbl
 select count(*) from date_tbl
   where f1 not between symmetric '1997-01-01' and '1998-01-01';
 
+
+--
+-- Test parsing of a no-op cast to a type with unspecified typmod
+--
+begin;
+
+create table numeric_tbl (f1 numeric(18,3), f2 numeric);
+
+create view numeric_view as
+  select
+    f1, f1::numeric(16,4) as f1164, f1::numeric as f1n,
+    f2, f2::numeric(16,4) as f2164, f2::numeric as f2n
+  from numeric_tbl;
+
+\d+ numeric_view
+
+explain (verbose, costs off) select * from numeric_view;
+
+rollback;
+
+
 --
 -- Tests for ScalarArrayOpExpr with a hashfn
 --