Re: Composite type: Primary Key and validation

On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 11:49 +0200, Lorusso Domenico wrote:
> I've a couple of questions about composite type.
> Suppose this composite type:
> CREATE TYPE my_type AS (
>     user_ts_start My_start_timestamp,
>     user_ts_end My_end_timestamp,
>     db_ts_start My_start_timestamp,
>     db_ts_end My_end_timestamp,
>     audit_record jsonb
> );
> My_start_timestamp is a domain of timestamp with default as now().
> My_end_timestamp is a domain of timestamp with default as infinite
>
>    1. May I use user_ts_start and/or db_ts_start has part of Primary Key of a table that contains a field of my_type?
>    2. to add an overall check constraint on the entire composite type, could be a valid
>       approach to create a domain based on my_type and add a custom function to validate it? (check_my_type(VALUE)).
>       In this way I've a dominan of composite type that contain others domain... what do you think?

Avoid using composite types as data types for a table column.
It adds complexity for no clear gain.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe