Re: Incorrect mention of number of columns? - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Incorrect mention of number of columns?
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Msg-id 3311709.1699029767@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Incorrect mention of number of columns?  ("Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com>)
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"Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com> writes:
>> Yeah, but populating it would not (unless many of the columns were
>> NULL).

> Ok, but then should the documentation be more precise? It seems a bit odd to let users create such a table without at
leasta warning. 

Given the impact of NULLs, and the fact that usually tables have some
variable-width columns, I doubt that a creation-time warning could be
accurate enough to be useful.

            regards, tom lane



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