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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
Date
Msg-id 200207040533.g645XIp00854@candle.pha.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
List pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > It may turn out to be a choice of client-cleanliness vs. backend
> > cleanliness.  Seems Hiroshi already wins for client cleanliness.
> 
> No, he only breaks even for client cleanliness --- either approach
> *will* require changes in clients that look at pg_attribute.

Uh, Christopher already indicated three clients, psql, pg_dump, and
another that will not require changes for Hiroshi's approach, but will
require changes for isdropped.  That doesn't seem "break even" to me.

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
853-3000+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill,
Pennsylvania19026
 




pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: libpq++ build problems
Next
From: Thomas Lockhart
Date:
Subject: Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN