| From: | Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, dmitry(at)koterov(dot)ru, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine |
| Date: | 2008-12-10 14:46:42 |
| Message-ID: | 493FD652.5030509@esilo.com |
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> This whole debate seems moot. We're not going to remove composite types
> created with CREATE TYPE, so the rest is irrelevant. We don't have the
> luxury of revisiting such decisions made many years ago, whether or not
> you think they were good.
>
>
You can always fix something. It can be deprecated in favor of a
cleaner and more elagant method.
My two cents ... I never use CREATE TYPE AS, seems redundant and
limited. I use CREATE TABLE and just never insert any records.
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Andrew Chernow
eSilo, LLC
every bit counts
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