Re: TODO: DROP COLUMN .. CASCADE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: TODO: DROP COLUMN .. CASCADE
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Msg-id 200303061715.h26HFoR06738@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: TODO: DROP COLUMN .. CASCADE  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: TODO: DROP COLUMN .. CASCADE  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca> writes:
> > Require DROP COLUMN CASCADE for a column that is part of a multi-column
> > index
> 
> > Do we want the same behaviour for PRIMARY KEY(col1, col2)? CHECK(col1 >
> > col2)? etc. as well?
> 
> Personally I'm not sold on the sensefulness of the TODO item to begin
> with.

The current code just drops any index that inludes the dropped column,
even if the column is the second column in a multi-column index.  Does
that seem OK to you?

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