Re: CREATE TYPE for case insensitive text and varchar

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Daniel Migowski <nur-gueltig-bis-2003-12-01(at)Mig-O(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CREATE TYPE for case insensitive text and varchar
Date: 2003-10-30 22:34:14
Message-ID: 3539.1067553254@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Daniel Migowski <nur-gueltig-bis-2003-12-01(at)Mig-O(dot)de> writes:
> I miss the possibility to code something like a userdifined
> varchar(n).

You're out of luck on that. The data types that can have precision
parameters attached to them are hard-wired into the parser.

regards, tom lane

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