Re: Table Inheritance and dropped columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Table Inheritance and dropped columns
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Msg-id 2128.1233095655@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Table Inheritance and dropped columns  (Caleb Welton <cwelton@greenplum.com>)
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Caleb Welton <cwelton@greenplum.com> writes:
> Two child tables, one created with inheritance, one altered to have
> inheritance:
> When you drop a column from the parent table only the tables CREATED with
> inheritance drop the column:

Yeah, this is intentional.  The other table is presumed to still own its
columns even though it is (perhaps transiently) a child of the parent.
        regards, tom lane


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