Suresh, > Is persistant objects and references to these objects > supported in PostgreSQL? If so can anyone point me to > the documentation for these?
These structures are usually known as "Composite Types", although they have a different, less intuitive name in the SQL99 standard which escapes me at the moment. "Persistant Objects" is an Oracle-ism which is why you're having trouble finding help on it. Currently 7.4 PostgreSQL 7.4 supports the creation of such types and use of them in Functions and queries. However, using them as a table column will not be supported until the next PostgreSQL version, coming soon. I don't reccomend using them at any time, though ... -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
