Re: composite data type question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: composite data type question
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Msg-id 20060607135941.GA91907@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to composite data type question  (Jessica M Salmon <jmsalmon@fs.fed.us>)
Responses Re: composite data type question
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On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:40:05AM -0600, Jessica M Salmon wrote:
> I am brand new to creating my own data types in postgres. I first created a
> type called "indices", containing two integers. Now, I want to create
> another type, called "progress", which should contain one timestamp and an
> array of "indices". However, I cannot figure out how to get postgres to
> recognize the array of my home-brewed composite data type as a valid data
> type. Can I just insert a new element into the pg_type table, for a type
> called "_indices"?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/arrays.html

"Arrays of any built-in or user-defined base type can be created.
(Arrays of composite types or domains are not yet supported,
however.)"

What are you trying to model?  Have you considered other ways of
representing it?

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Michael Fuhr

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