Re: timestamptz alias

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: timestamptz alias
Date: 2006-10-03 16:13:46
Message-ID: 45228C3A.2090704@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com> writes:
>
>> Here's a small patch that adds an appropriate explanation.
>>
>
> If we're going to document these aliases, what of float4, float8, and bool?
> Also, although the docs mention int2/int4/int8, it's more or less left
> to the reader's imagination to deduce what they are.
>
> Perhaps it'd be better to provide a small table of recognized type
> aliases, rather than inserting equivalent notes into three or four places.
>
>

you mean like the table here?
http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/datatype.html

cheers

andrew

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