| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | John Dean <john(at)totalrekall(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Is CREATE TYPE an alias for CREATE DOMAIN? |
| Date: | 2005-12-22 15:52:05 |
| Message-ID: | 20051222155205.GX72143@pervasive.com |
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:36:52AM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:
> John Dean wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >Could somebody please tell me if CREATE TYPE is equivalent to CREATE
> >DOMAIN? If not is there a work around
>
> What do you mean by "equivalent"? You wouldn't use them in the same way,
> and I'm not sure what a work-around would consist of.
>
> What are you trying to do?
Some (most?) database's idea of 'creating a type' is actually what we
consider creating a domain, since many databases don't support users
adding arbitrary types to the system. I suspect this user is trying to
port some code over...
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