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Subject: Re: composite type assignments
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Apr 92 14:45:34 PDT."
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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 11:19:01 PDT

you write:

> My question has to do with assignments to composite types.
> Is defining a function (as illustrated in the user manual) the
> only way to do this? I would think using a set expression would work
> but since this isn't yet supported...

Yes, this is the only way.  Composite type support is pretty weak in
the current release.  It will be better in the next.  However, even then
(in the utopian future) I think you will need functions to make the
assignments.

Jeff