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13: PostgreSQL Complex Datatypes

Data Types

See more on the website.

Some important notes:

  • VARCHAR with no arg is a string of any length.
  • TEXT is same as VARCHAR with no arg.
  • Boolean can cast certain values if a boolean data type is expected - worth noting it is more than 0/1, false/true.

You can also play around in PGAdmin to test out things like casting for DATE or TIME.

SELECT ('12:01'::TIME); SELECT ('APR 22 1992'::DATE); SELECT ('20:34 AEST'::TIME WITH TIME ZONE); SELECT ('20:34 PM'::TIME WITHOUT TIME ZONE); SELECT ('20:34 AEST'::TIME WITH TIME ZONE); SELECT ('APR 22 1992 20:34 AEST'::TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE);

Times and dates is very flexible for the interpretation of the data.

Interval

SELECT ('1 D'::INTERVAL); SELECT ('1 D 20 H 30 M 45 S'::INTERVAL);

Interval can be useful in how it is able to have operations made to compare them.

Repository

https://github.com/okeeffed/developer-notes-nextjs/content/postgresql/SQL-And-PostgreSQL-The-Complete-Developers-Guide/13-PostgreSQL-Complex-Datatypes

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