[SQL] Composite Types

2006-11-06 Thread Jose
Hello I am using postgres r8.1 and i make 2 Composite Types as: CREATE TYPE regiao AS (pais_nome varchar(150), estado_nome varchar(150), estado_sigla varchar(4), cidade_nome varchar(150));ALTER TYPE regiao OWNER TO postgres;== and CREATE TYPE telcontato AS (telefone1

Re: [SQL] Composite Types

2006-11-06 Thread Tom Lane
Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I try use select unidade_regiao.(estado_sigla) from unidades No, you should do select (unidade_regiao).estado_sigla from unidades regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: You

Re: [SQL] Composite Types

2006-11-06 Thread imad
This is *not* a good practice to handle elements of a composite data type seperately because they all build it up together and without one of it, the data type is meaningless. Secondly, If you are going to base our application on this principle, you better rethink your design. --Imad