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>33.18. <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domains</TT
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> The view <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domains</TT
> contains all domains defined in
the current database.
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>Table 33-16. <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domains</TT
> Columns</B
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>Data Type</TH
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><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domain_catalog</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the database that contains the domain (always the current database)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domain_schema</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the schema that contains the domain</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domain_name</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the domain</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>data_type</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
></TD
><TD
> Data type of the domain, if it is a built-in type, or
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>ARRAY</TT
> if it is some array (in that case, see
the view <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>element_types</TT
>), else
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>USER-DEFINED</TT
> (in that case, the type is
identified in <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>udt_name</TT
> and associated
columns).
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>character_maximum_length</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If the domain has a character or bit string type, the declared
maximum length; null for all other data types or if no maximum
length was declared.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>character_octet_length</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If the domain has a character type, the maximum possible length
in octets (bytes) of a datum (this should not be of concern to
<SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> users); null for all
other data types.
</TD
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><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>character_set_catalog</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>character_set_schema</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>character_set_name</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>collation_catalog</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>collation_schema</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>collation_name</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
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><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_precision</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If the domain has a numeric type, this column contains the
(declared or implicit) precision of the type for this domain.
The precision indicates the number of significant digits. It
can be expressed in decimal (base 10) or binary (base 2) terms,
as specified in the column
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_precision_radix</TT
>. For all other data
types, this column is null.
</TD
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><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_precision_radix</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If the domain has a numeric type, this column indicates in
which base the values in the columns
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_precision</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_scale</TT
> are expressed. The value is
either 2 or 10. For all other data types, this column is null.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_scale</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If the domain has an exact numeric type, this column contains
the (declared or implicit) scale of the type for this domain.
The scale indicates the number of significant digits to the
right of the decimal point. It can be expressed in decimal
(base 10) or binary (base 2) terms, as specified in the column
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>numeric_precision_radix</TT
>. For all other data
types, this column is null.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>datetime_precision</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
> If <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>data_type</TT
> identifies a date, time,
timestamp, or interval type, this column contains the (declared
or implicit) fractional seconds precision of the type for this
domain, that is, the number of decimal digits maintained
following the decimal point in the seconds value. For all
other data types, this column is null.
</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>interval_type</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
></TD
><TD
>Not yet implemented</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>interval_precision</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
></TD
><TD
>Not yet implemented</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>domain_default</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
></TD
><TD
>Default expression of the domain</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>udt_catalog</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the database that the domain data type is defined in (always the current database)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>udt_schema</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the schema that the domain data type is defined in</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>udt_name</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Name of the domain data type</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>scope_catalog</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
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>scope_schema</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
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>scope_name</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>maximum_cardinality</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cardinal_number</TT
></TD
><TD
>Always null, because arrays always have unlimited maximum cardinality in <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
></TD
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><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>dtd_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
></TD
><TD
> An identifier of the data type descriptor of the domain, unique
among the data type descriptors pertaining to the domain (which
is trivial, because a domain only contains one data type
descriptor). This is mainly useful for joining with other
instances of such identifiers. (The specific format of the
identifier is not defined and not guaranteed to remain the same
in future versions.)
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