Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1r8Knk-009NMz-00 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:40:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1r8Kng-00AnmB-SY for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:40:24 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1r8Kng-00Anm3-L3 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:40:24 +0000 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1r8Kne-007wYt-62 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:40:23 +0000 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7795C0262; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:40:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:40:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eisentraut.org; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t= 1701265221; x=1701351621; bh=meSrun+ihZsnwHdSz5CMEkV0CqA4RcQrnC4 rDsbhWx8=; b=NJAGs8u8h5vHT5cBMrkXzZCqK43EnBN02/pUsRBYJk46VMdrq8g qCpBEDqaYKQ64oACFtjJFyug/7Rhvvbt4ITJ5+9krPgEs3d5URfPhrUtuqUADIQW a2jrybnHV2JSmOtm4yK1uuXU2fK4d84kWOvNiP+3BGjyLozWAjpqJZ+EZvMP4Jyp jUdAKRALw47vGmKD9PRtriIkeMpTv2/Z/aUOnzbzhNcIAn/bMAhtWd2FzRCFmAUS PknwO0AA/HCVXhMZl13V6fs0d9+g4947IVgzvdL+QIqwwmdJx4zRF52JF5mZbFVv nyXpmoCFulAGgm9p5e6zlOwCOHygnpE5uHA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t=1701265221; x= 1701351621; bh=meSrun+ihZsnwHdSz5CMEkV0CqA4RcQrnC4rDsbhWx8=; b=j ZWYUnb6RyfFvUxth/Pswo04ELCphpWM13DSUEqX7EYBv+MihkzCdJPg37SxEbNkw UYXAQ+CKdtEGlE1yX6IfQ7I42Bx1Jjx2EGyPXVmd+up53FrEWYY7vYPbFWJQyYte fERjwe8XAoK/06fS5Xe8VJMUO+N2Ow0tz0GrYdhshEc1RXDRy2aBd+bpxSvDC4IM voDMCefPPXeUfL3f53NdTGx/q39xLuI9L26fXbX6PtcQRKwSqaDxVvvKZZoW0pza 4wwC43C+oejGTXXJDQgCoFwPPzabs04eY6fCjwz+0pRJvEBE3OA81wlNGwEOEvIP D6zBGFZ8zub+MTd1D+j/w== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvkedrudeihedgheefucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtje ertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpefrvghtvghrucfgihhsvghnthhrrghuthcuoehpvghtvghr segvihhsvghnthhrrghuthdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepheeivdfhuefhue eggfefheegjedtveeuhfethfeufedvudfgtdeuhefgfeduhfffnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfu ihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepphgvthgvrhesvghishgvnhhtrh gruhhtrdhorhhg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: ie0a040ee:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:40:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <83419ce9-e2ba-46e9-aaff-f6bbe448a327@eisentraut.org> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:40:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: "name" vs "alias" in datatype table Content-Language: en-US To: eric@aquameta.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org References: <170077271331.398198.16997446522206025709@wrigleys.postgresql.org> From: Peter Eisentraut In-Reply-To: <170077271331.398198.16997446522206025709@wrigleys.postgresql.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 23.11.23 21:51, PG Doc comments form wrote: > I think there could be some clarification of what is a "name" vs. "alias" on > the datatypes table. Right now, what's in the "Aliases" column is sometimes > postgres's internal type (e.g. `pg_catalog.int4`), and sometimes the "pretty > name", (e.g. `integer`). This appears not to be true. `integer` is not listed as an alias.