From: Veikko Mäkinen <veikko.makinen@ecom.fi>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Alias to a type
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:14:09 +0300
Message-ID: <42B96421.5010906@ecom.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42B95465.2060708@archonet.com>
References: <42B94B32.5040707@ecom.fi>
<42B95465.2060708@archonet.com>
Richard Huxton wrote:
> Veikko Mäkinen wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Is it possible to create a new type as an alias to a pre-defined type?
>> I use "USERID varchar(20)" in almost every table I have I'd like to
>> make an alias for that type eg.
>
>
> CREATE DOMAIN username_string AS varchar(20);
>
> Test it with your client applications though, make sure they cope. Some
> don't cope well with user-defined types.
Splendid, thank you all :) I'm quite sure loosely typed PHP can cope
with my user-defined types ;)
But now I need a better modeling tool because Azzurri Clay 1.1 (Eclipse
plug-in) doesn't let me define new types... Any suggestions? SQL DDL
generation is the only demand I really have.
-veikko
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