Re: Rowtype column and domain subfield with DEFAULT and NOT NULL constraint

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Julien Tachoires <julien(dot)tachoires(at)dalibo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rowtype column and domain subfield with DEFAULT and NOT NULL constraint
Date: 2014-03-12 23:28:01
Message-ID: CAB7nPqRyBLcjqiHKDvaRyCsCSDV2m+rynJThaqXvETA-fx5BMw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Julien Tachoires <julien(dot)tachoires(at)dalibo(dot)com> writes:
>> A customer has reported us a strange behaviour regarding a rowtype
>> column with a domain subfield:
>
> Rowtypes in general do not support defaults for component fields.
And what about adding a TODO item?
Support default values for component fields of rowtypes

We could as well for the time being improve the documentation to
mention that with some examples. For example with some more content on
the page of INSERT.
Regards,
--
Michael

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