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Originally posted by Johann Sander
> > ...
> > Unfortunately, Oracle doesn't support the DOMAIN syntax. It
> does have
> > user-defined TYPEs, but these don't address the issue of
> specifying
> > constraints on the data values: you can only create constraints
> on
> > columns, not on TYPEs.
>
> That is pretty much frustrating. Is there no demand for something like
> this? I mean, it would help with data integrity issues, wouldn't it?
>
Yes, it is what the relational community really wanted when Oracle added user-defined types. I would love to see it.
-- Posted via http://dbforums.comReceived on Mon Apr 07 2003 - 10:40:15 CDT