Hi, PFC,

PFC schrieb:

>     By the way, I'd like to declare my zipcode columns as SQL_ASCII
> while the  rest of my database is in UNICODE, so they are faster to
> index and sort.  Come on, MySQL does it...

Another use case for parametric column definitions - charset definitions
- and the first one that cannot be emulated via constraints.

Other use cases I remember were range definitions for numbers or PostGIS
dimension, subtype and SRID, but those cann all be emulated via checks /
constraints.

Markus

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