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sql: cannot create composite type with collated string
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Description
When trying to create a composite type with a collated string, CRDB v24.2.3 throws a syntax error:
```
demo@127.0.0.1:26257/defaultdb> CREATE TYPE IF NOT EXISTS my2 AS (id INT8, name STRING COLLATE "en_US_u_ks_level2");
ERROR: statement ignored: at or near "collate": syntax error
SQLSTATE: 42601
DETAIL: source SQL:
CREATE TYPE IF NOT EXISTS my2 AS (id INT8, name STRING COLLATE "en_US_u_ks_level2")
^
HINT: try \h CREATE TYPE
```
The following works in PostgreSQL 16.4:
```
michae2=# CREATE COLLATION case_insensitive (
provider = icu,
locale = 'und-u-ks-level2',
deterministic = false
);
CREATE COLLATION
michae2=# CREATE TYPE my2 AS (id INT8, name TEXT COLLATE case_insensitive);
CREATE TYPE
```
Related Slack thread where a customer ran into this: https://cockroachlabs.slack.com/archives/C01RX2G8LT1/p1728684138298229
Jira issue: CRDB-43170
Epic CRDB-60815
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