On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 10:39:03PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
AFAICS, the main part of the type system that isn't modular is the
support for type parameters (a/k/a typmod), such as the maximum length
for varchar or the precision/scale for numeric. We could certainly
invent an API for interpreting
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Timestamps and numerics are definitely in the spec, geometric and
network types are definitely not. IIRC, bitstring types are in SQL99
but for some reason are deprecated in SQL2003 (if anyone knows the
reasoning behind the SQL committee's about-face on that, please
On Wednesday 2006-03-22 08:53, William ZHANG wrote:
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Timestamps and numerics are definitely in the spec, geometric and
network types are definitely not. IIRC, bitstring types are in SQL99
but for some reason are deprecated in SQL2003 (if anyone knows the
Without directly addressing the merits of enumerations, enumeration
interfaces, real currency and time zone types, or whether currency and time
zone types should be built using enumerations, I would like to ask the
powers-that-be to seriously consider radically modularizing Postgresql's type
Trent Shipley said:
Without directly addressing the merits of enumerations, enumeration
interfaces, real currency and time zone types, or whether currency and
time zone types should be built using enumerations, I would like to
ask the powers-that-be to seriously consider radically
Trent Shipley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Without directly addressing the merits of enumerations, enumeration
interfaces, real currency and time zone types, or whether currency and time
zone types should be built using enumerations, I would like to ask the
powers-that-be to seriously consider
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Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
... The real issue is what types and type mechanisms should be in the
postgresql core distribution. We won't win any thanks from anyone if we
reduce them. Getting some types right is hard. There is no case that I can
see for pushing timestamps,
