Re: [PERFORM] Domains versus Check Constraints

2007-05-27 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:56:21PM -0400, Chander Ganesan wrote:
>> Are there any performance improvements that come from using a domain 
>> over a check constraint (aside from the ease of management component)?
> 
> No. Plus support for domain constraints isn't universal (plpgsql doesn't
> honor them, for example).

since 8.2 domain constraints are enforced everywhere ...


Stefan

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Re: [PERFORM] Domains versus Check Constraints

2007-05-27 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:56:21PM -0400, Chander Ganesan wrote:
> Are there any performance improvements that come from using a domain 
> over a check constraint (aside from the ease of management component)?

No. Plus support for domain constraints isn't universal (plpgsql doesn't
honor them, for example).
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[PERFORM] Domains versus Check Constraints

2007-05-22 Thread Chander Ganesan
Are there any performance improvements that come from using a domain 
over a check constraint (aside from the ease of management component)?


thanks

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