Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Laurenz Albe
Subject Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf
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Msg-id 08e99a8fa744e063ea31030d6516bfc64c26e3f8.camel@cybertec.at
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In response to Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf  (Guyren Howe <guyren@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf
Re: Content for talk on Postgres Type System at PostgresConf
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On Wed, 2024-02-28 at 17:08 -0800, Guyren Howe wrote:
> I am to talk about Postgres’s type system at PGConf:
>
> https://postgresconf.org/conferences/2024/program/proposals/postgres-s-type-system
>
> I picked the issue because I think it’s poorly understood, greatly
> under-discussed, and an excellent way to empower postgres users.
>
> What would you want to see in such a talk?

It might be good to explain how "timestamp with time zone" works.
That's often confusing for beginners, because it is different from
other databases and arguably deviates from the SQL standard.

Perhaps it would be good to warn people about using data types like
"character", "time with time zone" and "money".

Yours,
Laurenz Albe



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