Re: Data Types and Their Aliases

I don't mind looking at the source. Although I don't know what gram.y
is. Can someone help me out with what that means?

Also, my boss would like me to bring the references (aliases, oids, type
names, etc.) together in some way. As the way they are now, they are
scattered among the table, manual and I guess source. Otherwise, I
wouldn't have bothered to ask any of these questions in the first place.
Thanks, again.

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:52 PM
To: Garcia, Joshua
Cc: John DeSoi; pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Data Types and Their Aliases

"Garcia, Joshua" <Joshua(dot)Garcia(at)xerox(dot)com> writes:
> Ah...ya I know about pg_type and the manual...those are really the
best
> references for the aliases huh?

Well, the *authoritative* reference for type names is the pg_type
catalog, and the authoritative reference for aliases is the type name
productions in gram.y ... if you don't trust the manual, use the source
Luke ...

regards, tom lane