4 The columns of the information schema views use special data types that
5 are defined in the information schema. These are defined as simple
6 domains over ordinary built-in types. You should not use these types
7 for work outside the information schema, but your applications must be
8 prepared for them if they select from the information schema.
13 A nonnegative integer.
16 A character string (without specific maximum length).
19 A character string. This type is used for SQL identifiers, the
20 type character_data is used for any other kind of text data.
23 A domain over the type timestamp with time zone
26 A character string domain that contains either YES or NO. This
27 is used to represent Boolean (true/false) data in the
28 information schema. (The information schema was invented before
29 the type boolean was added to the SQL standard, so this
30 convention is necessary to keep the information schema backward
33 Every column in the information schema has one of these five types.