On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 03:46 +0000, Iain Barnett wrote: > CREATE TYPE inventory_item2 AS ( > name text, > supplier_id integer, > price numeric, > size integer > ); > > > but it would be handy if I could reuse inventory_item instead of > having to retype the whole lot. I can't work out or find the right > syntax, can anyone show me how? Any help would be much appreciated. What about: CREATE TYPE inventory_item2 AS ( ii inventory_item, size integer ); or: CREATE TABLE inventory_item2 ( LIKE inventory_item, size integer ); and that will automatically create the type. Regards, Jeff Davis -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general