Re: Patch to allow domains over composite types

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch to allow domains over composite types
Date: 2011-05-11 20:04:22
Message-ID: BANLkTinNMDugJbsX2Z8+dpe0q5WVTxyotQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> typecmds.c says:
> "Domains over composite types might be made to work in the future, but not
> today."
>
> Attached is a patch that allows domains over composite types, together with
> test cases in domaincomp.sql. A domain over a composite type has typtype
> TYPTYPE_DOMAIN, but typrelid and typrelkind are empty: that information is
> only available in the pg_type record of the base type. The remainder of the
> patch follows from that choice. While parsing a record expression into a row
> type, an extra coercion node had to be inserted to ensure that the domain
> checks are called.
>
> All regression tests are ok, comments are highly appreciated.

I don't have time to look at this right now, but please add it to the
currently-open CommitFest:

https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/commitfest_view/open

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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