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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) <postgresql@ultimeth.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Can CREATE TYPE be used to create a synonym?
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:57:53 -0500
Message-ID: <15372.1202698673@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47AFA703.5060907@ultimeth.com>
References: <47AFA703.5060907@ultimeth.com>

"Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)" <postgresql@ultimeth.com> writes:
> CREATE TYPE DATETIME AS (dummy TIMESTAMP);

> I suspect not (syntax issues w/ input, output, etc).  Is there an 
> alternate way to declare a type synonym?

CREATE DOMAIN would serve a lot better.

			regards, tom lane



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