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    User-defined data types provide shorthand notation for column definitions but have several disadvantages. They cannot be dropped or changed without first dropping references to them. They also hide the true column definition and make error messages less meaningful. Values can override the CREATE DOMAIN definition when inserted into tables. SQL Anywhere provides some simple user-defined data types for compatibility with other databases, such as DATETIME and TEXT.

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    User-defined data types provide shorthand notation for column definitions but have several disadvantages. They cannot be dropped or changed without first dropping references to them. They also hide the true column definition and make error messages less meaningful. Values can override the CREATE DOMAIN definition when inserted into tables. SQL Anywhere provides some simple user-defined data types for compatibility with other databases, such as DATETIME and TEXT.

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    26 Chapter 1: Creating

    User-defined data types are simply a shorthand notation for the full column def-
    inition. Ease of coding is the only real advantage, and there are several
    disadvantages. First of all, a user-defined data type cannot be dropped or
    changed without dropping all the references to it first. Second, a user-defined
    data type hides the true column definition from the application programmer, and
    that information is often important when writing applications. Third, constraint
    names cannot be used so its hard to make the error messages meaningful.
    Finally, except for the built-in base data type, all the properties of a
    user-defined data type can be overridden in the CREATE TABLE. Here is an
    example where the INSERT puts an empty string into address_2 and NULL into
    address_3 even though those values deviate from the CREATE DOMAIN
    definition:
    CREATE DOMAIN address AS VARCHAR ( 100 )
    NOT NULL
    DEFAULT ''
    CHECK ( LENGTH ( TRIM ( @col ) ) > 0 );

    CREATE TABLE office (


    office_code INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    address_1 address,
    address_2 address CHECK ( address_2 IS NOT NULL ),
    address_3 address NULL DEFAULT ( NULL ) );

    INSERT office ( office_code, address_1 ) VALUES ( 1, '123 Main Street' );


    To refer to the current column name in a CREATE DOMAIN CHECK condi-
    tion, use any identifier beginning with @. In the example above, @col is
    replaced with address_1, address_2, and address_3 when the CREATE TABLE
    is processed.
    SQL Anywhere 9 provides several simple user-defined data types for com-
    patibility with Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise.
    For example, DATETIME corresponds to the built-in type TIMESTAMP, and
    TEXT is defined as LONG VARCHAR.
    <builtin_user_defined_data_type> ::= DATETIME
    | IMAGE
    | MONEY
    | OLDBIT
    | SMALLDATETIME
    | SMALLMONEY
    | SYSNAME
    | TEXT
    | UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
    | UNIQUEIDENTIFIERSTR
    | XML
    Table 1-2 describes the built-in user-defined data types.
    Table 1-2. Built-in user-defined data types
    Data Type Definition
    DATETIME TIMESTAMP
    IMAGE LONG BINARY
    MONEY NUMERIC ( 19, 4 )

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