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Dyre Tjeldvoll updated DERBY-6340:
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Attachment: CreateTypeAs_fs_draft_2.html
Thanks for Rick and Mamta, for your comments.
Attaching a new rev of the fs.
> Add support for CREATE TYPE AS <existing type> (synonym types)
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> Key: DERBY-6340
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6340
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: SQL
> Reporter: Dyre Tjeldvoll
> Assignee: Dyre Tjeldvoll
> Attachments: CreateTypeAs_fs_draft_2.html, CreateTypeAs_fs_draft.html
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> The SQL standard (2003) chapter 11.41 <user-defined type definition> allows
> the creation of synonyms or aliases for an existing type: CREATE TYPE AS
> <predefined type>. By allowing this in Derby we would simplify migration
> from, and interoperation with, other databases.
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