Re: RE: [pgadmin-support] Re: How to use the SET

Dave Page wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pgadmin@claymccoy.com [mailto:pgadmin@claymccoy.com] 
>>Sent: 27 October 2003 04:17
>>To: chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
>>Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
>>Subject: [pgadmin-support] Re: How to use the SET data type?  
>>Help plz!
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>>Odd that it is a selectable datatype in pgadmin then huh?
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>It's selectable because it's in pg_type. pgAdmin make as few assumptions about the backend as possible - and datatypes
isno different. If it were not done this way then you would not be able to use custom types or domains. As for what
it'sactually there for, I have no idea. Hangover from Berkeley perhaps?
 
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Very easily answered, just have a look at the comment on the datatype. 
It says "set of tuples", so this type can hold a complete table.

Regards,
Andreas