On mån, 2010-01-11 at 19:27 -0500, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > On mån, 2010-01-11 at 15:02 -0500, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> >> ISTM that the ultimate would be a 'create table (...._) without storage'
> >> (or some'm) and make 'create type' an alternate syntax for SQL
> >> conformance.
> >
> > I don't really understand the purpose of that.
> >
>
> What is the point of CREATE TYPE name AS () syntax? Why would one use create
> type when there is create table? Does it provide additional functionality I am
> unaware of or does it exist for comformance reasons?
Well, that is a very deep question. ;-) I suppose a concise answer
would be that types are for passing data around between functions, and
tables are for storing data on disk.
