| From: | Gunther Schadow <gunther(at)aurora(dot)regenstrief(dot)org> |
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| To: | Philip Reimer <phre(at)wi(dot)uni-muenster(dot)de> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: User-Defined Datatypes |
| Date: | 2002-04-15 18:58:19 |
| Message-ID: | 3CBB22CB.1010407@aurora.regenstrief.org |
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Philip Reimer wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Is it possible to create new structured datatypes in PostgreSQL like in
> this IBM UDB2 statement:
Hehe, absolutely. AFAIK, Postgres was the first database system
to implement such a feature. IBM got that, I think, through Illustra
via Informix, and guess what Illustra is based on? Postgres of course :-)
See CREATE TYPE for more detail.
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(at)regenstrief(dot)org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
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