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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN
Date
Msg-id 200207042132.g64LWBX16705@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN  (Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.ca>)
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> > We could change pg_attribute to another name, and create a view called
> > pg_attribute that never returned isdropped columns to the client.  That
> > would allow clients to work cleanly, and the server to work cleanly.
> 
> Another case where having an informational schema would eliminate the
> whole argument -- as the clients wouldn't need to touch the system
> tables.
> 
> Any thoughts on that initial commit Peter?

From my new understanding, the client coders _want_ to see the isdropped
row so the attno's are consecutive.

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