Re: [SQL] SQL Spec Compliance Questions - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: [SQL] SQL Spec Compliance Questions
Date
Msg-id 200406031609.51415.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: [SQL] SQL Spec Compliance Questions  (elein <elein@varlena.com>)
Responses Re: [SQL] SQL Spec Compliance Questions
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Elein,

> A typed table is an type which happens to be
> a table.  They are also known as composite types
> or row types.

Well, Tom was working on this for spec compliance.   I don't know if he
completed it.

Of course, it doesn't answer the two corrolary questions:

1) Why would one want a typed table?

2) Aren't typed tables a big violation of relational database design?

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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