Re: "name" vs "alias" in datatype table

From: Eric Hanson <eric(at)aquameta(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "name" vs "alias" in datatype table
Date: 2023-11-29 14:10:29
Message-ID: CACA6kxjoGV+QxpvBa20Vdu+of3gxATWuot8FLSa1Sm2BfikN4w@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 7:40 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 23.11.23 21:51, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > I think there could be some clarification of what is a "name" vs.
> "alias" on
> > the datatypes table. Right now, what's in the "Aliases" column is
> sometimes
> > postgres's internal type (e.g. `pg_catalog.int4`), and sometimes the
> "pretty
> > name", (e.g. `integer`).
>
> This appears not to be true. `integer` is not listed as an alias.
>

Sorry, "int" is, and it is not in pg_type.

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