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To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Domains vs data types
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:43:57 -0400
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
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[snip]
>
> Personally I don't see that integer --> aint really helps.
>
No one's going to create the domain "aint", but a DB designer in a rigorous
environment _will_ create multiple, meaningfully-named domains, all of
which happen to be INTEGER. Makes large-team developing easier.
The alternative is Really Really Long column names, and consistent use of
agreed-upon suffixes.
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