Re: record datatype comparisons

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: George Pavlov <gpavlov(at)mynewplace(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: record datatype comparisons
Date: 2006-10-31 21:49:27
Message-ID: 20061031214927.GF12008@alvh.no-ip.org
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George Pavlov wrote:
> thanks fo the reply. i was misled by pgAdmin (1.6) giving both as
> "record" in the datatype (i thought "row" and "?column?" were just "best
> guess" column headers).
>
> so, if they are indeed differently shaped is there any way to make them
> be the same shape?
>
> note that this one also fails with the same error (one would think these
> are the "same shape"):
>
> select
> (select (1,2))
> is distinct from
> (select (1,2))
> ;

This one works:

alvherre=# select
row(1,2)
is distinct from
row(1,2)
;
?column?
----------
f
(1 fila)

Is that what you're after?

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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