Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns
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Msg-id 200303071740.h27HeXZ28879@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] problems with dropped columns  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Is there any TODO's here?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> > Taking it a bit further...
>
> There are (at least) two distinct problems involved here.  One is
> getting plpgsql to deal correctly with rowtypes that include dropped
> columns.  The other is getting it to react when someone alters a table
> whose rowtype is relied on by already-compiled functions.
>
> The former problem is just a small matter of programming in plpgsql;
> I'm not sure what the best way to do it is, but it's clearly just
> plpgsql's issue.  The latter problem calls for a ton of infrastructure
> that we haven't got :-(
>
>             regards, tom lane
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