Re: Range Types, constructors, and the type system - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Range Types, constructors, and the type system
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Msg-id ACDCDE86-F857-4C47-968F-BECC190E170A@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Range Types, constructors, and the type system  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Jeff Davis wrote:

> Right. In that respect, it's more like a record type: many possible
> record types exist, but you only define the ones you want.

Well, okay. How is this same problem handled for RECORD types, then?

>> By default, no range types would exists I believe.
> 
> I was planning to include _some_ by default. Probably not text ranges,
> but integer and timestamp[tz] ranges. If nothing else, it makes it
> easier to document.

+1

David




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