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Er Galvão Abbott
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On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Er Galvão Abbott wrote:

It will. As I've said I wont be storing any symbols.

It won't store leading zeros, however. This may or may not be an issue for you.


test=# create table tel (name_id integer not null, tel_numeric numeric(15) not null, tel_varchar varchar(15) not null);
CREATE TABLE
test=# insert into tel (name_id, tel_numeric, tel_varchar) values (1,012345678911234, '012345678911234');
INSERT 17153 1
test=# select * from tel;
 name_id |  tel_numeric   |   tel_varchar
---------+----------------+-----------------
       1 | 12345678911234 | 012345678911234
(1 row)

I would do as another poster suggested: create a telephone number domain as text with the check constraints you desire.

Michael Glaesemann
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