RE: Object features of pg

Hi, Peter,

I suspected as much of the querying, but I can't even get data into the
tables. I tried this:

insert into client values ('Michael');
insert into address values ('11 Windsor Close, 'RH16 4QR');
INSERT 18935 1
update client set address = 18935 where name = 'Michael';
ERROR: Attribute 'address' is of type 'address' but expression is of type
'int4
'
You will need to rewrite or cast the expression

So that didn't work, and I tried casting the oid, but that didn't seem to
work either. Any ideas?

Cheers...

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Mount [mailto:peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk]
>> Sent: 03 October 2000 14:32
>> To: Michael Ansley
>> Cc: 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
>> Subject: Re: [SQL] Object features of pg
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Michael Ansley wrote:
>>
>> > I've done the following:
>> >
>> > create table address (address varchar(50), postcode varchar(9));
>> > create table client(id integer, name varchar(30),
>> address address);
>> >
>> > Now, how the hell do I get information into the address
>> field of client?
>> > There appears to be very little in the manual dealing
>> with PGs object
>> > features. Any pointers to places in the manual, or
>> direct instructions
>> > would be gratefully accepted.
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> select id,name,a.address,postcode
>> from client c, address a
>> where c.address=a.oid;
>>
>> Probably neater ways of doing it...
>>
>> Peter
>>
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