Re: [HACKERS] Column ADDing issues - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Column ADDing issues
Date
Msg-id 200001271752.MAA26087@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Column ADDing issues  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Column ADDing issues
List pgsql-hackers
> > I suggest you be very cautious about messing with ALTER TABLE until you
> > understand why inheritance makes it such a headache ;-)
> 
> I'm just trying to get the defaults and constraints working. If
> inheritance stays broken the way it previously was, it's beyond my
> powers. But I get the feeling that people rather not alter their tables
> unless they have *perfect* alter table commands. I don't feel like arguing
> with them, they'll just have to do without then.

OK, so am I hearing we don't want ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN without it
working for inhertance.  Is this really the way we want things?  May as
well disable ADD COLUMN too because that doesn't work for inheritance
either.

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