X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926C95E46EC for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:07:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39886-06 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:07:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D4F95E3639 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:07:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7Q27ioY011066; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:07:44 -0400 (EDT) To: Sascha Ziemann Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: CREATE TYPE VARCHAR2 In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Sascha Ziemann message dated "23 Aug 2004 19:08:03 +0200" Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:07:43 -0400 Message-ID: <11065.1093486063@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200408/276 X-Sequence-Number: 18773 Sascha Ziemann writes: > I would like to define a > new type VARCHAR2 which should behave exactly like VARCHAR. You could get about halfway there with CREATE DOMAIN varchar2 AS varchar; But it's only halfway because the domain will not accept length decorations; that is "varchar2(100)" will not work. regards, tom lane