JAVA J2EE 4 U

 As this is a development environment, I’ve gone ahead and created the required cast in the database as requested.

Just a quick note — since creating casts requires superuser privileges and is typically restricted in production for safety reasons, I’d recommend considering alternatives in future implementations, such as:

• Using explicit type conversion functions (e.g., ::type or CAST(expr AS type))

• Creating wrapper functions for conversions, if applicable

These approaches are generally safer and more portable across environments, especially when moving code toward production.