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

From Zeugswetter Andreas SB
Subject AW: AW: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id 11C1E6749A55D411A9670001FA6879633680A0@sdexcsrv1.f000.d0188.sd.spardat.at
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> > My conclusion would be that we need both:
> > 1. a fast system table only solution with physical/logical column id
> > 2. a tool that does the cleanup (e.g. vacuum) 
> 
> But the peak space usage during cleanup must still be 2X.

The difference for a cleanup would be, that it does not need to 
be rolled back as a whole (like current vacuum).
A cleanup could be partly done, and resumed later, thus a sofisticated 
cleanup could avoid 2X.

Andreas


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