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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
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Msg-id 200207040025.g640PtO27157@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > As I remember, Hiroshi's drop column changed the attribute number to a
> > special negative value, which required lots of changes to track.
> 
> ??? What do you mean by *lots of* ?

Yes, please remind me.  Was your solution renumbering the attno values? 
I think there are fewer cases to fix if we keep the existing attribute
numbering and just mark the column as deleted.  Is this accurate?

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