Tom Lane wrote:
> Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com> writes:
>
>> Here's a small patch that adds an appropriate explanation.
>>
>
> If we're going to document these aliases, what of float4, float8, and bool?
> Also, although the docs mention int2/int4/int8, it's more or less left
> to the reader's imagination to deduce what they are.
>
> Perhaps it'd be better to provide a small table of recognized type
> aliases, rather than inserting equivalent notes into three or four places.
>
>
you mean like the table here?
http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/datatype.html
cheers
andrew