Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id 1009.1025764732@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> What happens if someone drops ALL the columns in a table?

Good point.  Ideally we should allow that, but in practice I suspect
there are many places that will blow up on zero-length tuples.
Rejecting the situation might be the better part of valor ... anyway
I'm not excited about spending a lot of time searching for such bugs.
        regards, tom lane




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