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From Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
Subject Can CREATE TYPE be used to create a synonym?
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Responses Re: Can CREATE TYPE be used to create a synonym?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Eg:

CREATE TYPE DATETIME AS (dummy TIMESTAMP);

I suspect not (syntax issues w/ input, output, etc).  Is there an 
alternate way to declare a type synonym?

-- Dean

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