On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:42 PM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >>> That sounds like a composite type to me. >> >> No, it's "perpendicular" in the sense that while a composite type allows >> you to have different columns, this multiset thing lets you have "rows" >> (I initially thought about them as sets of scalars, but AFAIU they could >> in turn be rows) > > How is that different from an array of RECORDs?
not a whole lot outside of syntax details...there is a decent summary here: http://waelchatila.com/2005/05/18/1116485743467.html I like this part: "Alternatively the SQL standard also permits the same construct with the bracket trigraphs ??( and ??)" :-D merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
