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1. Is "CREATE DOMAIN" in 6.3 ??

   al dev <aldevpgsql@yahoo.com> — 1998-02-28T16:57:48Z

   Hi:
   Is create domain command implemented in 6.3??
   I am trying to use
     create domain employed as char(10)
     check (
   value = "YES" or
   value = "NO" or
   value = "RETIRED" or
   value = "DISABLED" or
   value is NULL
   );
   in SQL scripts but is failing in 6.2.1 postgresql.
   
   I can find work around BUT there are tons of create domains in my SQL
   scripts and will be very tedious.
   By the way, create domain is in defined in SQL 92
   see this chapter 42 in
   http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Database-HOWTO.html
   
   al
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2. Re: [HACKERS] Is "CREATE DOMAIN" in 6.3 ??

   Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 1998-02-28T20:10:28Z

   On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, al dev wrote:
   
   > Hi:
   > Is create domain command implemented in 6.3??
   > I am trying to use
   >   create domain employed as char(10)
   >   check (
   > value = "YES" or
   > value = "NO" or
   > value = "RETIRED" or
   > value = "DISABLED" or
   > value is NULL
   > );
   > in SQL scripts but is failing in 6.2.1 postgresql.
   > 
   > I can find work around BUT there are tons of create domains in my SQL
   > scripts and will be very tedious.
   > By the way, create domain is in defined in SQL 92
   > see this chapter 42 in
   > http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Database-HOWTO.html
   
   	I took a look here, and it didn't say (at least not in chapter
   42)...what exactly does 'create domain' do?  We don't, and won't, have it
   for v6.3, not with a release in a few days, and since I do recall anyone
   else having mentioned it before, it isn't on our TODO list, but sounds
   like something else to be added...
   
   	But, a short description of what it does would be nice, as I've
   never heard of that one before :)
   
   Marc G. Fournier                                
   Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
   primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
   
   
   

3. Re: [QUESTIONS] Re: [HACKERS] Is "CREATE DOMAIN" in 6.3 ??

   Herouth Maoz <herouth@oumail.openu.ac.il> — 1998-03-01T10:25:30Z

   At 22:10 +0200 on 28/2/98, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
   
   > 	I took a look here, and it didn't say (at least not in chapter
   > 42)...what exactly does 'create domain' do?  We don't, and won't, have it
   > for v6.3, not with a release in a few days, and since I do recall anyone
   > else having mentioned it before, it isn't on our TODO list, but sounds
   > like something else to be added...
   >
   > 	But, a short description of what it does would be nice, as I've
   > never heard of that one before :)
   
   The idea, I think, is to define datatypes so that fields which are supposed
   logically to be of the same kind will all have the same domain. Thus, if
   the domain is later changed (say, implementation is changed from money to
   float), all fields defined that way are changed together.
   
   This is from SQL 1992:
   
       A domain is a set of permissible values. A domain is defined in
       a schema and is identified by a <domain name>. The purpose of a
       domain is to constrain the set of valid values that can be stored
       in SQL-data by various operations.
   
       A domain definition specifies a data type. It may also specify a
       <domain constraint> that further restricts the valid values of the
       domain and a <default clause> that specifies the value to be used
       in the absence of an explicitly specified value or column default.
   
       A domain is described by a domain descriptor. A domain descriptor
       includes:
   
       -  the name of the domain;
   
       -  the data type descriptor of the data type of the domain;
   
       -  the <collation name> from the <collate clause>, if any, of the
          domain;
   
       -  the value of <default option>, if any, of the domain; and
   
       -  the domain constraint descriptors of the domain constraints, if
          any, of the domain.
   
   The syntax:
   
       <domain definition> ::=
            CREATE DOMAIN <domain name> [ AS ] <data type>
              [ <default clause> ]
              [ <domain constraint>... ]
              [ <collate clause> ]
   
       <domain constraint> ::=
            [ <constraint name definition> ]
            <check constraint definition> [ <constraint attributes> ]
   
   I won't quote the entire syntax rules from SQL 1992 - I'm sure someone out
   there has a copy. In any case, this is NOT Entry-Level SQL 1992, but rather
   Intermediate Level.
   
   Herouth