Re: DROP COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: DROP COLUMN
Date
Msg-id 200207161630.g6GGUVu01940@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: DROP COLUMN  ("Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>)
Responses Re: DROP COLUMN  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
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Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> > Makes sense.  Of course, we could make a syscache that didn't return
> > system columns either.
> > 
> > Actually, the original argument for negative attno's for dropped columns
> > was exactly for this case, that the system column check would catch
> > dropped columns too, 
> 
> > but it causes other problems that are harder to fix
> > so we _dropped_ the idea.
> 
> What does this mean ?

Client programmers prefered the dropped flag rather than negative
attno's so we went with that.

> BTW would we do nothing for clients after all ?

Clients will now need to check that dropped flag.

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