AW: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zeugswetter Andreas SB
Subject AW: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id 11C1E6749A55D411A9670001FA68796336809A@sdexcsrv1.f000.d0188.sd.spardat.at
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> > being deleted, then if the system crashes part way through, 
> it should be
> > possible to continue after the system is brought up, no?
> 
> If it crashes in the middle, some rows have the column 
> removed, and some
> do not.

We would need to know where this separation is, but we cannot do a rollback
only rollforward. Thus probably not acceptable.

Andreas


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