Re: Typed tables

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On mån, 2010-01-11 at 15:02 -0500, Andrew Chernow wrote:
>> ISTM that the ultimate would be a 'create table (...._) without storage' 
>> (or some'm) and make 'create type' an alternate syntax for SQL 
>> conformance.
> 
> I don't really understand the purpose of that.
> 

What is the point of CREATE TYPE name AS () syntax?  Why would one use create 
type when there is create table?  Does it provide additional functionality I am 
unaware of or does it exist for comformance reasons?

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