Re: Viewupdate: Inherit default expressions from columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Viewupdate: Inherit default expressions from columns
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Msg-id 23408.1106111238@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Viewupdate: Inherit default expressions from columns  (Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>)
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Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de> writes:
> For automatic view update rules we are planning to implement column default 
> value inheritance, so that the view's column definition inherits from their 
> base table columns (and nobody has to use an explicit ALTER TABLE view 
> ALTER col SET DEFAULT ... ). Note that we will do that only for views, 
> which are updateable (means that we can create rules for that view).

Just so you un-break pg_dump afterwards.
        regards, tom lane


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