Re: Data Types and Their Aliases

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Garcia, Joshua" <Joshua(dot)Garcia(at)xerox(dot)com>
Cc: "John DeSoi" <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Data Types and Their Aliases
Date: 2006-07-11 03:52:00
Message-ID: 8312.1152589920@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"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

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