On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:43, Alex Page wrote:
> This is probably really basic, but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm
> trying to create an enumerated type, using the following code:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION enum_gender_in (cstring) RETURNS enum_gender IMMUTABLE AS
...
Why not just use a CHECK constraint?
CREATE TABLE xxx (
...
gender CHAR(1) CONSTRAINT "valid gender"
CHECK (gender IN ('M', 'F')),
...
);
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