Re: ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET DISTINCT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET DISTINCT
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Msg-id 20090406113052.GB8123@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET DISTINCT  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET DISTINCT  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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* Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
> Well, I think I was pretty clear about what I was trying to
> accomplish.  I think there are more people who care about pg_dump
> output being diffable than there are who need to set ndistinct more
> accurately than 1 ppm and yet not as an integer.  Perhaps if any of
> those people are reading this thread they could chime in.  Otherwise,
> I will implement as you propose.

I do such diffs pretty often, but I don't think I've *ever* done it on
catalog tables..  Perhaps it'll come up in the future, but I doubt it.
Stephen

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