Re: abstract data types? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: abstract data types?
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Msg-id web-1180070@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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In response to Re: abstract data types?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Jim,

> > I'm trying  to figure out what support PostgreSQL
> offers for SQL99 
> > abstract data types.

I'm a little curious why what you're attempting couldn't be
done with two columns rather than inventing your own data
type.  As somebody who often rescues databases gone bad,
composite data types have not earned a warm place in my
heart ...

-Josh Berkus


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