Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns
Date
Msg-id 13092.1046931521@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns  (Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>)
Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> Taking it a bit further...

There are (at least) two distinct problems involved here.  One is
getting plpgsql to deal correctly with rowtypes that include dropped
columns.  The other is getting it to react when someone alters a table
whose rowtype is relied on by already-compiled functions.

The former problem is just a small matter of programming in plpgsql;
I'm not sure what the best way to do it is, but it's clearly just
plpgsql's issue.  The latter problem calls for a ton of infrastructure
that we haven't got :-(

            regards, tom lane

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