Re: [DOCS] Postgresql 8.3X supports Arrays of Composite Types? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 06:03:26PM -0300, Robson Fidalgo wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using postgresql 8.3X and I created a table (see example below)
> that has an attribute that is an Array of a Composite Type (ROW).
> However, I do not know how can I insert a record in this table.

You want a normalized table anyhow.  If you want something
denormalized, use a view.

> Example:
>
> CREATE table phone (
>   cod varchar,
>   num varchar);
>
> CREATE TABLE person (
>   name varchar,
>   telephone phone[]);

This is better as:

CREATE TABLE phone (
   cod VARCHAR,
   num VARCHAR,
   PRIMARY KEY(cod, num)

);

CREATE TABLE person (
   name varchar,

   PRIMARY KEY(name)
)

CREATE TABLE person_phone (
   name VARCHAR NOT NULL REFERENCES person(name),
   cod VARCHAR,
   num VARCHAR,
   FOREIGN KEY(cod, num) REFERENCES phone(cod, num),
   PRIMARY KEY(name, cod, num)
);

Cheers,
David.
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