Re: Implementing standard SQL's DOMAIN constraint - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Implementing standard SQL's DOMAIN constraint
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In response to Re: Implementing standard SQL's DOMAIN constraint  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
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On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, David G. Johnston wrote:

  I'm not following you. I have two tables each with a column,
state_code char(2) NOT NULL.

That is a char(2) column for which ‘??’ is a valid value.  The fact that it
is named state_code is immaterial; the domain that you created doesn’t get
used.  There is no magic linking just by virtue of using the same name.

Change char(2) to state_code if you wish to apply the domain on the column.

David,

  I think I'm now on your page. In the schema I change the column data type
to state_code, then I add the SQL code creating the domain at the top of the
.sql file. Yes?


You add the create domain command once before any objects that make use of it.  If you only have one .sql file then at the top of it works.

David J.

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