Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine
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Msg-id 200812101300.mBAD01f11814@momjian.us
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In response to Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine  ("Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: ALTER composite type does not work, but ALTER TABLE which ROWTYPE is used as a type - works fine  ("Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> Allow ALTER TYPE to add, rename, change the type of, and drop columns?

That seems kind of vague because my first reaction is that a type
doesn't have columns, but you are talking about composite types, right?

I have added this TODO item:
Allow ALTER TYPE on composite types to perform operations similar toALTER TABLE
       * http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-12/msg00245.php 

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> 
> ...Robert
> 
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> > Well, new features that have a perfectly acceptable and usable
> >> > workaround typically have a fairly low priority of fixing :-)
> >>
> >> Putting something in the TODO list doesn't make it a priority.  But it
> >> indicates that it's something that the community would like to see
> >> fixed, if anyone is interested in doing the work.  There is a lot more
> >> consensus for this item than many that have been added to the TODO
> >> list in the past.
> >
> > OK, so what should the TODO item be?
> >
> > --
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> >
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> >

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