looser_typecasting.rb

The LooserTypecasting extension loosens the default database typecasting for the following types:

:float	use to_f instead of Float()
:integer	use to_i instead of Integer()
:decimal	use 0.0 for unsupported strings
:string	silently allow hash and array conversion to string

This also removes bytesize checks for string inputs for float, integer and decimal conversions.

To load the extension into the database:

DB.extension :looser_typecasting