On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 16:41 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>> Now it gives a error that type double does not exist.
> >>> CREATE DOMAIN double AS float8;
> >>>
> >>> There, now the type exists ;)
> >> That's a little too perl for me ;)
> >
> > I suppose it depends on the goal. If it is an application that is to be
> > supported on more than one database, defining types and other things for
> > a given DB type (PostgreSQL) is easier than injecting a large number of
> > SWITCH statements into the code.
> \
>
> Why in the world would you build an application for anything except
> PostgreSQL?
To prove that, as unbelievable as it sounds, it is possible to do such a
thing? Don't worry, such a thing would not get into a production
environment.
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