Re: how to create a new composite type using already existing composite types

On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 03:46 +0000, Iain Barnett wrote:

> CREATE TYPE inventory_item2 AS (
> name text,
> supplier_id integer,
> price numeric,
> size integer
> );
>
>
> but it would be handy if I could reuse inventory_item instead of
> having to retype the whole lot. I can't work out or find the right
> syntax, can anyone show me how? Any help would be much appreciated.

What about:

CREATE TYPE inventory_item2 AS (
ii inventory_item,
size integer
);

or:

CREATE TABLE inventory_item2 (
LIKE inventory_item,
size integer
);

and that will automatically create the type.

Regards,
Jeff Davis