> Dear Bruce, > > many thanks for your answer. > > Yes, I wanted to know if it is / will be also possible to have types inherited > from other primitive types. This is, for instance, what happens in Oracle and > SpatialWare. In these databases I am able to write different types of > geometric primitives in the same column of a table. > > A type point or circle or line inherits from some geometric superclass (say > GEO). The consequence is that if one wants to store points, circles,... in the > same atribute he just need to declare this atribute as beeing of type GEO. > > This would probably make my life easier. I looked for inheritance in > postgresql, but I only found it for tables. > > Do you understand that? Yes. I am CC'ing this to general to see if anyone has comments. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
