Re: varchar alias not supported as datatype

> 2009/10/15 Rade Martinović <rade@rcub.bg.ac.rs>:
>> Hello pgadmin team.
>>
>> I am using pgAdmin 1.10.0 on Windows XP SP 3.
>>
>> Varchar is a valid alias for character varying in Postgres 8 as stated 
>> here:
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/datatype-character.html
>> Still, pgadmin does not accept varchar as valid datatype when creating
>> columns on table. It should not be so.
>
> pgAdmin only displays the 'official' names by design.
>
Is not 'serial' alias for integer NOT NULL with a sequence?
I am under impression that varchar is official since it is in the docs.

Not that this is a serious issue, but it's kind of bothering to me.


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