* Peter Eisentraut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is also another possible way one might want to create a compatibility > type. Instead of creating a new type, create an alias for an existing type, > much like we currently have built-in mappings for int -> int4, bigint -> > int8, etc. The difference here is that the type you put in is not the same > as the one you get dumped out. So depending on taste and requirements, a > user might want to choose the distinct type or the alias route.
The alias route gets me thinking about Oracle synonyms.. That'd be nice
to have in PG for a number of object types. Most recently I was wishing
I could create a schema synonym, though being able to do tables/views
would have worked as well in that case, just a bit more work.
> What do you think about adding this kind of support to PostgreSQL?
> Obviously,
> some details need to be worked out, but most of this is actually
> straightforward catalog manipulation.
I like the concept. Not sure how much I'd end up using it, personally.
Thanks,
Stephen
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