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Here's some answers as to what will be in Postgres 5.0:

1) attributes of type POSTQUEL?
  answer: sortof.  See answer to 2)

2) attributes of complex types? like:
    create DEPT(name=char16, floor=int2)
    create EMP(name=char16, dept=DEPT) 

   answer: yes.  These are implemented using POSTQUEL functions, so
	you can sortof consider them to be attributes of type 
	POSTQUEL too.

3) can LIBPQ be executed from C++ program?

 answer: yes, there's a set of toy interface methods
in s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:/pub/postgres/contrib/cplusplus.shar.Z


Carol Paxson
UC Berkeley EECS