Is it possible to use a user-defined composite type as the data type of a column? for example, create table tbl ( a integer, b type1 ); type1 is a composite type defined separately using CREATE TYPE clause. Thanks! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings