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Insert Statement & Composite Type

From
"Grant Martin"
Date:
Hi,
    What is the correct INSERT statement syntax to insert a composite type into a table of that type.  For example given the following table:
 
CREATE TABLE licencee
(
  id integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('licencee_id_seq'::regclass),
  email character varying(254),
  salutation character varying(20),
  first_name character varying(256),
  middle_name character varying(256),
  last_name character varying(256),
  suffix character varying(20),
  locale character varying(20),
  business_name character varying(256),
  CONSTRAINT licencee_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id )
  )
WITH (
  OIDS=FALSE
)
 
How can I write an INSERT procedure like:
 
CREATE FUNCTION create_licencee(new_licencee licencee) RETURNS boolean AS $$
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO licencee new_licencee;
    RETURN true;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
create_licencee((2, mailto:'email@none.com', Mr,Fred, , Flintstone, , locale,, male)::licencee);
 
 
Do I have to fully qualify each column name?  It would seem redundant in this case.
 
Thanks,
Grant
 

Re: Insert Statement & Composite Type

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Grant Martin" <grantwgmartin@live.com> writes:
>     What is the correct INSERT statement syntax to insert a composite
>     type into a table of that type.

This should work:

    INSERT INTO licencee VALUES(new_licencee.*);

            regards, tom lane